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"Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book:
for the time is at hand." - Rev 22:10 

Updated
09/03/06

Quote: "According to the report, CIA chief Porter Gus, in his last visit to Turkey on December 12, requested Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to provide military bases to the United States in 2006 from where they would be able to launch an assault. The German news agency DDP also noted that countries neighboring Iran, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, and Pakistan were also updated regarding to supposed plan. American sources sent to those countries apparently mentioned an aerial attack as a possibility, but did not provide a time frame for the operation.

Should the world get it wrong, and the talks stall and any pre-emptive strike fails, we could have a very dangerous situation. An Iran with a nuclear capability, and a perceived occupation by the its two main enemies in neighbouring nations, Iraq and Israel. Is it only really a matter of time before nuclear war does break out? Look at the nations that have recently acquired the capability. India and Pakistan, both enemies. North Korea. Now possibly Iran. Not mentioning those that already have the weaponry. Russia and China, against America and the UK. France. Israel. Things aren't going to get better any time soon.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy met with police Saturday afternoon and said that officials had decided to mobilize helicopters because they played a "decisive role" in stopping the riots. At the time, helicopters equipped with spotlights and video cameras were used to track bands of marauding youths who sped from attack to attack in cars and on motorbikes. "The orders I have given are very strict," Sarkozy said. "When there are delinquent acts there will be arrests. Those guilty must be accountable for their acts."

Apparently France is particularly troubled at this time of year, and expects around 300 car burnings on New Year's eve alone. The whole situation makes me sick, how the media can pan this off as being caused by disgruntled French citizens who have nothing better to do than to wreak havoc on everyone else because they are poor. Can't we handle the truth, that Islam is not the peace loving religion that Tony Blair tried to make us all believe it is?

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "In his New Year’s message, published in weekly NIN, Solana said that Serbia-Montenegro will be facing many obstacles, and added that Serbia-Montenegro politicians must show that they are united in their strategic goals for the future of the nation. “The EU expects that, in the coming year, Serbia-Montenegro will make progress in its stabilization and association discussions, the Kosovo status question, and in clearly defining the future of the union of Serbia and Montenegro. The future of the union is at the centre of the EU’s attention, the right to hold a referendum for independence is a guaranteed possibility according to the constitutional charter, but the referendum must be held in accordance with international, democratic standards and in cooperation with the EU. Likewise, the Government and opposition in Montenegro must reach an agreement on the referendum.” Solana said.

Source B92

Quote: "To strengthen its ability to repulse a possible Chinese invasion of the disputed East China Sea islands, Japan's Self-Defense Forces will conduct joint exercises with the US Marine Corps in January and develop short-range torpedoes for combat in shallow waters, the business newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. The report came days after Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Beijing poses "a considerable military threat" because it has nuclear weapons and is boosting its military spending. China called the remarks irresponsible and groundless.

Earlier on in the year Chinese and Russian forces held a joint military exercise for the first time in history, that lasted for several weeks and included manoeuvres in the Chinese straits. The US also released a report on Chinese military spending which concluded that China posed a considerable threat, as it is increasing its military budget in spite of having no enemies in the region. But those who know their Bibles believe that China will have a big part to play in the end times, possibly helping to amass an army over 200 million strong, which will march against Israel and the Antichrist during the tribulation period.

Revelation 16:12 
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

Revelation 9:16 
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "Sergei Kiriyenko, head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, is expected to focus on a schedule for the completion of the Bushehr nuclear plant Russia is building in southern Iran, his spokesman Sergei Novikov said. "Issues relating to Russia's proposal to Iran to move its enrichment program to Russian territory will be discussed as well," Novikov told The Associated Press.

Israel believes Iran currently constitutes the biggest threat to Middle East peace. Iran believes it has a right to possess nuclear knowledge for its own people - many intelligence analysts believe it may be only months away from acquiring. Iran also desires to obtain nuclear weapons to form a counter-balance for Israel's nuclear armament, which includes many neutron bombs. Israel has stated it will not be the first to use nuclear weapons in the gulf, but with Iran's support for terrorism and recent comments calling for the state of Israel to be "wiped off the map", the Iranians might just be mad enough to use them.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "At 10am on Sunday, Russia is threatening to unleash the most powerful weapon in its post-Soviet arsenal: unless Ukraine agrees to a fourfold increase in the price it pays for gas, Russia will simply turn off the tap. Nor is it just Ukraine under threat — the EU imports about half of its gas from Russia and 80 per cent of that comes through Ukrainian pipelines. So when President Putin met Ivan Plachkov, the Ukrainian Energy Minister, in Moscow yesterday, there was more at stake than relations between the neighbouring states. Analysts fear the dispute could provide a foretaste of how Russia will use its massive oil and gas reserves as a foreign policy tool in future disputes with the West. “Energy co-operation has replaced military might as the mainstay of Russia’s international credibility,” Chris Weafer, chief strategist at Alfa Bank in Moscow, said. “It is using its importance as an energy partner to pursue its geopolitical and foreign policy agenda.”

This situation is exactly what my Polish friend Marcin predicted would happen back in September, after Moscow revealed its plans to build a Baltic Sea pipeline. Just as Ezekiel prophesied, Gog is starting to "think an evil thought". Russia desires to rebuild its lost Soviet Empire, and with Russia's flailing economy, one of the ways to do that is to control world energy reserves.

Ezekiel 38:10-12
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

Source Times Online

Quote: "According to the 30-year-old files - described by historians as the "most secret" to be released by the National Archive at Kew to date - Russia had so many nuclear warheads trained on Britain that around 12 million citizens would have been wiped out. People would have been urged to stay indoors while all radio and television were to be replaced by an emergency BBC broadcast telling them: "There is nothing to be gained by trying to get away".

These plans are a solemn reminder of the situation plainly described in Scripture, that will occur before and when Christ returns to set up His Kingdom.

Joel 2:30-31
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Zechariah 14:12 
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

All these effects can be created by nuclear weapons. Fire and pillars of smoke remind us of the great mushroom cloud that is created by the nuclear bomb. The resulting air pollution darkens the sky for days and can turn the moon into a blood-red colour. The flesh, eyes and tongue all consuming away may be from the sheer heat of the nuclear blast, which travels faster than the explosion itself, and kills people while they stand on their feet. 

Source Scots Man

Quote: "In contrast, a slim majority, 53% to 47%, responded that as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinians, they would be willing to pass the Temple Mount to international control, as long as Israel maintained control of the Western Wall. The margin of error for the survey was 4.5%.

After the Six Day war, when Israel took complete control of Jerusalem for the first time in 1900 years, they handed control of the Temple Mount straight back into Jordanian hands. Some Christians and Jews believe this event was what brought about the forced Gaza disengagement, which occurred exactly 40 years later (40 always speaks of judgement in Scripture). Many saw the Gaza disengagement as a punishment from God on the nation for giving God's land back to their enemies. 

Possibly the Temple Mount would fair better under international control that in the hands of the Jordanian Waqf who currently administer the site. The Muslim Waqf routinely destroy ancient archaeological artefacts dating from the First and Second Temples. No Jew is permitted to pray on the Temple Mount, or even carry the Scriptures or any other religious symbol, for fear of causing a Muslim uprising.

The fact that even Israelis now believe losing the Temple Mount may be an essential part of creating stability in the region shows us how close we are to the events spoken of by Daniel. In Daniel 9:27, the Antichrist permits the Jewish Temple to be rebuilt, possibly under some sort of international agreement, and later defiles it when he sits in the Temple and proclaims himself to be God. 

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "The European observers - responsible for monitoring the crossing and ensuring the terms of an Israeli-Palestinian agreement are upheld - fled to an IDF base near the Gaza-Israel border, fearing the situation was spinning out of control, the officials said. The takeover is the latest in a rash of armed kidnappings and takeovers of government buildings that underscore the lawlessness in Gaza and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' inability to bring order to the coastal area following this summer's pullout.

There is still no word on the British woman who was kidnapped by an armed Palestinian gang a few weeks ago. This event today shows just how fragile the situation in the Gaza strip is becoming, with the Palestinian Authority ceding political power to Hamas, the police unable to control continuing terrorist attacks on Israel, and now al-Qaeda agents believed to be operating from Gaza.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "The posters are part of a larger partly-publicly funded project '25 Peaces' celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Austrian republic and its ten years of membership of the EU. Taxpayers are contributing 10 percent of the total 10 million euro project, while the rest of the money is from private sponsors.

Sadly this is Europe displaying its "true colours". When you have a parliament building modelled to the shape of the tower of Babel, and a picture of the harlot goddess Europa etched on the back of your coinage, is it really any wonder when you start producing pictures of debauchery to promote your godless confederacy? Europe, I believe, is bringing its sins to the full, before God judges the nations for their wickedness, and the Antichrist who they worship.

Daniel 8:23 
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance (Antichrist), and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Source EU Observer

Quote: ""Hizbullah is using rocket-propelled grenades that were bought by Syria from Russia," Maj. Gen. Aharon Zeevi-Farkash, the head of army intelligence, told Yediot. "The real faces of Russia and Syria have been revealed," Zeevi-Farkash told Yediot. "They buy weapons with the commitment not to transfer them and then these weapons are brazenly used against us."

If Syria is willing to transfer Russian-made missiles to groups like Hezbollah, to carry out attacks against Israel, how long will it be before they are willing to transfer nuclear weaponry to terrorists, in order to carry out attacks without implicating Syria? And the fact that Russia has now been implicated in the scandal only reveals how close we are to the fulfilment of  Ezekiel 38-39, were a Russian/Arab coalition marches on Israel and is wiped out by Divine intervention.

Ezekiel 38:16
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "A suicide bomber detonated himself at a surprise IDF roadblock south of Tulkarm, near Shavei Shomron. The bomber was driven in a taxi to the area, and when he exited the vehicle, soldiers asked him to open his coat. He refused, and set off his explosives. There were reports that at least four Palestinians were killed in the attack, though it was unclear whether the count included the bomber. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, which wounded both Israelis and Palestinians.

This attack emphasizes the ever-pressing need for Israeli road blocks, in spite of world opinion that these road blocks "infringe" on human rights. In Northern Ireland, we experienced a similar sort of threat, and road blocks coupled with random searches in major shopping centres were frequently used at the height of the troubles here. But then why should we trust world opinion. It's only been 60 years since "world opinion" was that no country should harbour Jews during a war that saw over 6 million of them slain.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "The members of the Synod (of the Russian Orthodox) believe that the Church of Sweden’s decision contradicts the Biblical concept of family and marriage “and the testimonies of the Holy Writing leave us no doubt that homosexuality is considered a sin and ’confusion’,” the statement says.

I find it amazing, that the very churches that are steeped in religious idolatry, namely the Roman Catholic and Orthodox, should be the only ones prepared to stand up for the principles of Scripture, while the "evangelical" churches that came through the reformation, namely the Anglican and Lutherans, have been the first ones to jump on the homosexual band-wagon of this "modern society". Will it be politically correct to celebrate gay marriage when Jesus reigns on earth?

Source Moscow News

Quote: "In few years' time, a small Galileo chip will be integrated in mobile phones, giving users the ability to pinpoint restaurants, hotels, movie theatres, hospitals or car parks. Galileo will deliver the tools national governments need to introduce wide-scale road charging. The network will also underpin Europe's new air-traffic control system. The single European sky initiative will overhaul current technologies used to keep planes at safe separations, and allow pilots to fly their own routes and altitudes.

All the benefits listed above are made possible by Galileo's new technology, which is capable of pinpointing a location anywhere on earth within 1 metre. The chip won't only give you the location of any facility in the world, it will also enable Europe to locate any mobile phone user on the planet, by providing a direct link to Europe's GPS system.

Source BBC

Quote: "The state of Bavaria said the activities of the Multi-Kultur-Haus association threatened the coexistence of Germans and foreigners as well as security in the country. "We will not tolerate organizations that are set up aggressively against the constitutional order and call openly for the use of violence," state Interior Minister Guenther Beckstein said.

Europe is increasingly finding itself the target of "Islamic extremism". The question is whether that phrase should really be called "Islamic main-streamism", for this extremism seems to be a global problem. Just a few months ago, Muslim youths in both France and Belgium destroyed cars, shops and burned Christian schools and churches (although the latter was never reported by the media, but they did report the attempted reprisal at a Muslim mosque). But Western media doesn't know how to handle the situation. According to the press, when Muslims are killing Jews, Israeli provocation is always to blame. But when Muslims start killing Europeans, who gets the blame? Christians??? 

Source Jerusalem Post

A new poll taken by a pro-Palestinian Norwegian group FAFO, shows that religious intolerance is running high in Gaza. The poll revealed around 65% of Palestinians are in favour of attacks on Israel and Europe, in spite of their heavy reliance on both these regions for aid. Just last week, Palestinian leaders criticized Javier Solana, the High Representative for the European Common, Foreign and Security Policy, for his apparent double-standards when he stated that Palestinians could lose economic aid if they elected terrorist organization Hamas into power. Europe sinks 600 million Euros a year into the Palestinian economy, and expects something in return. But Palestinians are more willing to see the countries that support their very existence suffer because of their religious hatred for the West instilled into them from an early age.

Quote: "Last month (November 18th), in a sermon broadcast on PA-controlled television, Islamic leader Suleiman Satari offered the following prayer: "Destroy the Infidels and the Polytheists! Your [i.e. Allah's] enemies are the enemies of the religion…! Count them and kill them to the last one, and don't leave even one." According to PMW, prayers to annihilate all “infidels” have been included in Friday prayers on PA TV at least six times in recent months. Two such sermons were delivered by Yusuf Jum'a Salamah, PA Minister of the Waqf Religious Authority - the most important religious office in the PA. Even though PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas was present on at least one of these occasions, similar prayers for genocide continued on the PA-owned and controlled TV in subsequent weeks.

For the Christian and Jew, this poll comes as no surprise. In reality, there is an intense spiritual battle taking place in the region, with an effort by Satan to wipe out God's people once and for all, so you can be sure this hatred for Israel and the West is inspired by the devil himself. Only when Christ comes, and His enemies are become His footstool, will there be true peace.

Genesis 16:12 
And he (Ishmael's descendants, the Arabs) will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Source Arutz 7

Quote: "Doctors did not release past medical files or the results of CAT scans or imaging tests from last week that would show whether Sharon suffered permanent damage. Reporters in attendance at the press conference were barred from taking photographs or videotaping documents. Meanwhile, some of America's most renowned stroke experts told WND they are skeptical of the announcements regarding Sharon's ability to return to his hectic schedule and labeled some of the information released by the prime minister's doctors "contradictory."

My own grandmother suffered a stroke about a month before she died, although like Sharon, she nor we realized it at the time. Her speech became slurred, as if she was on heavy medication, and her mouth had dropped slightly at one side. She also found difficulty swallowing, which most stroke victims find. Perhaps the Israeli government doesn't want the public to know how serious the effects of Sharon's stroke is, at least until his party Kadima wins the upcoming election in March. 

Source WorldNetDaily

Quote: "I just came across a news item through the Arutz Reporter that I subscribe to via email that the Vatican is apparently (or at least according to the Vatican spokesperson in Israel) that Jerusalem should be divided to make the capital part of the new Palestinian State. The Papal representative in Israel, Nazareth native Michael Sabbath, told reporters: “This [partition] wall must not exist. One day it will not exist. The Palestinian people should regain their liberty and land with a state and a capital and the Israeli people should have security.” This statement seems to be in opposition to previous Vatican statements that Jerusalem should be an international city. It looks like the Vatican is dangerously acting in a way that is diametrically opposed to the Word of God and the covenant to His people Israel, which places them in danger of the wrath of God – “those who bless you will be blessed, and those who curse [harm] you will be cursed”.

Source Arutz 7

Quote: "For years, Bethlehem was largely Christian. But when the PA took control in 1995 it publicly expanded Bethlehem's boundaries reportedly to ensure a Muslim majority, incorporating into the city over 30,000 Muslims from adjacent refugee camps. Then-PLO leader Yasser Arafat unilaterally replaced the Christian-dominated city council with a largely Muslim leadership. Since then, there have been a steady stream of reported abuses and persecution. An aide to Latin Patriarch Sabbah who asked that his name be withheld told WND the PA has been appropriating lands of the Greek Orthodox Church in Bethlehem and building mosques on the formerly Christian land. He said he is aware of several cases in which Christian women were raped and murdered, but the alleged criminals were not arrested. "The Palestinian security forces know who did these crimes. They know where the criminals live. Still nothing to arrest them," said the aide.

Source Seattle Times, WorldNetDaily

Quote: "A planeload of immigrants is scheduled to bring 250 North American Jews to Israel this week. The flight, which is to land December 28 at Ben-Gurion International Airport, is the seventh flight sponsored in 2005 by Nefesh B'Nefesh, an organization that facilitates aliya for Jews from the United States and Canada.

It was reported earlier in the year that Jewish emigration to Israel from the UK is also at record levels, around 500 individuals a year. Many believe the reasoning behind the trend is due to increased anti-Semitism that is rearing it's ugly head across Europe and Russia. But whatever the reason, the fact Jews are returning to Israel in spite of the trouble there, proves they are fulfilling a God-given desire to return to their ancient homeland, something the Bible stated would happen over 2500 years ago...

Isaiah 43:5-6
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

Source Jerusalem Post

Revelation 6:15-17
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? 

Just like Bethlehem 2000 years ago, the world still has no room for Christ. But we can be thankful that around the world, even though it may not be broadcast on the television, or mentioned in the high street, there are people remembering the real reason for Christmas.

Quote: "According to Williams, former CIA Director George Tenet informed President Bush one month after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that at least two suitcase nukes had reached al-Qaida operatives in the U.S. "Each suitcase weighed between 50 and 80 kilograms (approximately 110 to 176 pounds) and contained enough fissionable plutonium and uranium to produce an explosive yield in excess of two kilotons," wrote Williams. "One suitcase bore the serial number 9999 and the Russian manufacturing date of 1988. The design of the weapons, Tenet told the president, is simple. The plutonium and uranium are kept in separate compartments that are linked to a triggering mechanism that can be activated by a clock or a call from the cell phone."

Perhaps we've grown complacent, or perhaps we've grown accustomed to the utter horror of the images from September 11th. It's very worrying that a group responsible for the deaths of over 3000 people in just 1 hour, and many thousands more since that date has possibly got it's hands on a nuclear weapon. But then we only need to look at the Bible, how so many empires have fallen before this one, when God permitted their enemies to gain the advantage after they turned their backs on God. All our nations need to repent of the wickedness we have permitted to go unchecked, and turn to God, for our defences are down and the axe is laid to the root of the tree.

Revelation 18:18-19
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

Source WorldNetDaily

Quote: "The passing of the law was challenged by the Entertainment Software Association and the Video Software Dealers Association which represent game makers and retailers. The two organisations filed a lawsuit claiming that the law risking breaking free speech statutes. In granting the injunction, Judge Whyte said the two groups could be right in saying it risked breaking such laws.

It's sad that game companies peddling porn and graphic violence to children can hide behind a twisted interpretation of the US Constitution. The only reason Americans have a right to freedom of speech, is because they live in a Christian country. If these game companies were to set up shop in China, or Pakistan, or a dozen other nations, they would find the freedoms they enjoy in America would soon disappear. The right to freedom of speech was hard earned by their ancestors, many of whom paid with their lives for their refusal to bow the knee to oppressive "churches" and governments that ruled Europe during the 18th century. Companies that abuse that freedom should automatically forfeit any "rights" they claim to own.

Source BBC

Quote: "This robe is the culmination of over three years of research and painstaking labour. But much more so, it is the fulfilment of a positive commandment - one that until now has stood unfulfilled since the destruction of the Second Holy Temple. This is the first time in nearly two thousand years that such a garment has been created. The blue robe is now on display at the Temple Institute's headquarters in Jerusalem, joining the completed ephod and breastplate of the High Priest. These garments can be viewed by the public until such time as they are called into service for the resumption of the priestly duties in the Holy Temple.

The completion of yet another Temple artefact shows us how close we are to the fulfilment of Daniel 9:27, when the Antichrist confirms the covenant, and Temple sacrifices are re-instituted at the beginning of the Tribulation period.

Exodus 28:31-34
And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all [of] blue. And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. And [beneath] upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

Source Temple Institute, Temple Institute

Quote: "According to a strategy document drawn up by Acpo, the national data centre in Hendon will be at the heart of a surveillance operation that should deny criminals the use of the roads. "The intention is to create a comprehensive ANPR camera and reader infrastructure across the country to stop displacement of crime from area to area and to allow a comprehensive picture of vehicle movements to be captured," the Acpo strategy says. "This development forms the basis of a 24/7 vehicle movement database that will revolutionise arrest, intelligence and crime investigation opportunities on a national basis," it says. 

The document is being hailed as a break through in crime investigation techniques, but it represents yet another way in which the British government seeks to monitor its own citizens. Earlier in the year, the British government announced plans to bring in chipped passports, which will be compulsory to hold even if you aren't planning to leave the country - really just a national ID scheme. They were also planning to chip car licence plates, but perhaps a national "espionage" programme will be cheaper to implement.

Source Independent

Quote: "In his ruling, Judge Jones demolished assertions by members of Dover's former school board, or administrators, that the theory of intelligent design (ID) was based around scientific rather than religious belief. He accused them of "breathtaking inanity", of lying under oath and of trying to introduce religion into schools through the back door.

But all this "humanist hoo-hah" comes on the day another appeals court Judge made the decision that the First Amendment does "not demand a wall of separation" between church and state, contrary to what many in the ACLU would like to believe. Of course this high court decision wasn't deemed news-worthy by the mainstream press.

Quote: "Writing for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Richard Suhrheinrich said the ACLU's "repeated reference 'to the separation of church and state' ... has grown tiresome. The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state." Suhrheinrich wrote: "The ACLU, an organization whose mission is 'to ensure that ... the government [is kept] out of the religion business,' does not embody the reasonable person."

The labours of the evolutionary establishment to suppress any theory other than their own constitutes a concerted effort to deceive the population, and maintain any semblance of scientific credibility they may have left.

Quote: "Our willingness to accept scientific claims that are against common sense is the key to an understanding of the real struggle between science and the supernatural. We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfil many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door. The eminent Kant scholar Lewis Beck used to say that anyone who could believe in God could believe in anything. To appeal to an omnipotent deity is to allow that at any moment the regularities of nature may be ruptured, that miracles may happen.

The US courts claim to be defending the constitution by maintaining the separation of church and state, but in the process they have established one of the most dangerous philosophies in the world, evolutionary atheism. The theory of evolution has indirectly caused some of the worst atrocities in world history, such as the extermination of the disabled, Jews and Gypsy's during the holocaust, and the slaughtering of tens of thousands of Australian Aborigines, in the belief they were a missing link between Homo Sapiens and animals. The theory of evolution sponsors the deaths of 200 million children a year, in the belief that a human being while in the womb is no more than a pound of flesh, to be discarded at will. 

Source BBC, WorldNetDaily, Billions and billions of demons

Quote: "The ORB has huge potential when combined with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags - tiny microchips that hold unique identifier information attached to a small antenna. RFID tags are now finding wide use to keep track of items in the business supply chain - from the manufacturing floor to the retail outlet. RFID Journal RFID tags fall into two categories - the more commonly found "passive" devices only respond to signals sent to it by a tag reader and have a shorter range. "Active" tags on the other hand can transmit signals and can be read at greater distances but are larger and more expensive since they need a power source.

This development has come just months after VeriChip Corp announced the development of a new power source based on thermal energy. Both these devices overcome major obstacles in the way of the increasing intrusion of electronic identification technologies in our society. Applied Digital Solutions have opted for the use of Lithium Ion (also here) batteries in the case of the VeriChip.

Quote: "GPS technology took a quantum leap with the development of bionics capable of being tracked by satellite once implanted in animals or humans. These tiny devices, powered by a lithium battery, could be geographically detected, using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), to within inches anywhere on the surface of the planet. Lithium is employed as a miniature power-plant for the chip since it self-energises through changes in the host's body temperature. Thus the site for the implant will usually be those body parts demonstrating the greatest variations in temperature - in the back of the hand or front of the head. Lithium does have one drawback, experts say. It produces an infection when brought into contact with exposed organic tissue.

Source BBC, Campaign For Truth, Wired World

Earlier in the year, European leaders said anything and everything to try and convince voters to say Yes to the EU Constitution. Chirac said France would become a non-entity in Europe if people voted "Non", Mandelson said Europe would suffer financially, the Freemason Giscard d'Estaing - who authored the secular-humanist document - told everybody rejection would mean countries would have to spend years renegotiating the whole treaty, and they probably wouldn't bother... What a load of codswallop that all turned out to be. In fact, the European Commission has been secretly adopting parts of the EU Constitution without consent of the public, most recently usurping member states' criminal law, and approving a single internal defence market - legislation that was only to come about on approval of the treaty by all member states.

After France, followed by Holland, dealt the death blow to the European "dream", many sceptics had hoped the Constitution was now "dead in the water". The Freemasons of Europe would never accept such a fate. After the "pause of reflection" by European states proposed by the British government, the EU treaty will come up again for discussion in June 2006 under the Austrian Presidency, for possible implementation under the German Presidency in 2007. Hitler would have been proud. Europe has the possibility of being unified as a federal super state under a German government without firing a shot.

Quote: "Austria would relaunch the debate on the future of Europe at a June 2006 summit, Mrs Plassnik said. "It was time to ask France and Holland what they intended to do about their No votes, she suggested, as 14 countries had now ratified the treaty. "We need to look at what we want, how we want to live in Europe, in our re-unified Europe, which is coming closer together. EU "An answer will best come, perhaps, if we look at the Constitutional Treaty, because I think it's a fascinating document, that sets out our objectives as a community of values. "The time is ripening now. This is the feeling I get, in my many conversations with colleagues around the table." In Berlin, a spokesman for Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said its government, which will hold the rotating presidency of the EU in the first half of 2007, "has the clear intention of reviving the European Constitution".

Source Telegraph

Quote: "The Reverend David McIlveen, of the Free Presbyterian Church - among the protesters - said he was "very much opposed" to the "marriage in all but name" of gay couples. The Bible described marriage as "a relationship between male and female for the bringing up of children", he told BBC News.  "It is revealed as being an honourable relationship whereas the Bible speaks of same sex relationships as being an abomination. You cannot reconcile the two."

Source BBC

Quote: ""What will happen if Hamas wins the parliamentary elections?" asked Abdel Nasser Najjar, a prominent columnist. "Will it form the next cabinet and become an alternative to the Palestinian Authority? And if Hamas forms the cabinet, how will it deal with the world? And what if the world refuses to deal with cabinet and halts financial aid to the Palestinians?" 

Hamas, the Palestinian terror organization, still maintains its attacks against Israeli towns. They believe that unless Israel relinquishes control of Gaza's borders and airspace, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Palestinian people are still under "occupation" and any attack on Israel can be justified as a legitimate means of resistance. But some Palestinian officials blame the EU for "meddling in their affairs", and think that EU aid should be given regardless of whether a terrorist government is installed or not.

Quote: ""This is an unacceptable intervention," Palestinian Economy Minister Ghassan El-Khateib told the Doha-based Al-Jazeera news channel. "They are exploiting the Palestinian people's dire need for aid to influence their democratic choices," he charged. With severe poverty in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the PA cannot afford to lose international aid. It faces a particular test following Israel's withdrawal from Gaza in September after 38 years of occupation. PA chief negotiator Saeb Erekat echoed a similar position. "This is a direct intervention in our internal affairs ... Mr Solana and others should respect the choice of the Palestinian people," he told Reuters. Hamas, for its part, said Solana's comments reflected a "bias towards the Israeli occupation and a surrender to US pressures."

Source Palestine Chronicle, Jerusalem Post

Quote: "But what worries the GCC most is Iran's nuclear potential. Many in the West and in Arab countries believe Iran will use its nuclear energy program to develop nuclear weapons. The Arab countries fear such weapons would make Iran a superpower in the region. Iran denies the charge, saying its program is intended only to produce electricity. "We have confidence in Iran, but we don't want to see an Iranian nuclear reactor that is closer to our territorial waters than it is to Teheran. This causes danger and harm to us," the Emirates News Agency quoted Attiyah as saying.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "Sources close to the prime minister told the media that the prime minister's life was not in danger, but doctors treating Sharon were limited in their reports by Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) regulations. Sharon, who will celebrate his 78th birthday in February, is already the oldest incumbent prime minister in Israeli history.

It seems Ariel Sharon's great age and ill health may hinder his ability to lead the country to a final peace agreement with the Palestinians. Perhaps this illness comes as a God-given warning to those who would seek to divide His land? The following verses are extremely interesting, given that the current Prime Minister of Israel bears the same name as the place mentioned in this chapter of Isaiah. Noting the particular references to loss of speech, is it possible that a stroke could be seen as a Divine judgement against the Prime Minister for his plan to part God's land? 

Isaiah 29:1-4
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote in an article for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that the president's comments constituted a test for German-Iranian relations. He added that "Iran could become completely isolated internationally." "If Iran wants to be a respected partner of Europe, its president can neither deny historical truths nor threaten Israel," the minister wrote. "Only an Iran that shows responsibility and keeps to the international rules can be a respected member of the international community."

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "Solana will visit the Rafah border crossing in the Gaza Strip, where the EU started a civilian border assistance mission on Nov. 25, the EU's decision-making council said in a statement Friday. He will also visit the police headquarters of Gaza, in view of the launching on Jan. 1 of a second EU mission aimed at helping Palestinians to improve their law enforcement capacity. Solana is also scheduled to hold talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and meet with other senior Palestinian officials.

Source Angola Press

Of all religions it is said that Muslims may be the hardest to reach with the Gospel, for their religion is so similar to Christianity. Yet they believe Jesus was a prophet, and they believe all the other prophets in the Old Testament, so we should really have a head start compared to trying to reach most people that live in the Western world today, who either no longer believe in God or couldn't care less. At least with the Muslims they still believe God exists... The words below are Mohammed Islami's...

* They are arguing about "Israel"! Where do their authorities come from!?

Future of the Holy Land (Israel) will only be determined by God and His word not by those stupid in Tehran, UN, ... or those devils in Rome, Qom ... which they call it Palestine! Israel will always be "Israel" and there will be no Palestine at all!

People or anybody else did not gather you in this land and have not given you the promises so that they can take it back from you. Only who has given it to you can take it back, so only obey Him and submit only to His will.

"Daughter of Zion", do not trust in your own power and strength for it will be an attempt in vain. Trust in God for He is always faithful to His promises and will fight for
Zion.
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You trusted in your own strength and hurt many innocent people, so caused your enemies such as Rome and Qom to deceive people against yourself. Does not God only want to gather you in Israel to glorify His name!? Who did give you right to cast people out their homes!? They are Israeli Muslims and if there is problem then it is your problem which you made, so you MUST fix it yourself, too. Jerusalem is not your throne or anybody else so that people or UN can decide about it. Who break the Land SURELY shall be broken in pieces!

Muslims and people of Book MUST only obey and listen to God's word otherwise they shall utterly be punished and no one can deliver them from the wrath of God! Do not listen to Tehran or Damascus, Paris or London, Washington or Moscow, ... because they can not save you and they are not able to save themselves either! Do not follow those who murdering innocents in streets and glorify their evil deeds for their rewards shall be lake of fire!

Let those who oppose God's word gather together all their strengths and armies against Zion, so they see who is powerful and what power means!

Trust in the LORD and His word for the Lord shall set his King upon holy Zion, so the King "shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked". They deny the King and the word so shall the King deny them, "but who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeared? For he is like a refiner's fire" and "shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the earth with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries" and "the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the mighty men hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains and said to the mountains and rocks: fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
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The King shall come to them in its time but if they hurry let they come nigh to him for he is always ready to fight!

Let the inhabitants of the earth satisfy with their own lies, toys, idols and graves of their ancestors; Satan glorify their wicked ways in their sights, but who shall deliver them in the hour of judgment!? And to whom can they refuge!? 

...that God would give us Christians a desire to reach Muslims. Our Western attitudes must be the biggest stumbling block to reaching the Muslim people for Christ. They need Christ, and they won't listen to us if we are fighting against them. Our feet should be shod with the gospel of peace (Ephesians 6:15).

Quote: "The EU statement Friday reaffirmed Israel's right to exist, noting that "all members of the United Nations have undertaken to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."

But Iraq endured sanctions for 10 years, and the political scandal from those involved in the food for oil programme reached all the way to the President of the United Nations. Unless Russia and China are prepared to throw Iran out in the cold, it's hard to see how any action against Iran would be successful, without international consensus. Just like before World War II, we have a President that is speaking his mind, and if he is permitted to continue in the path he has chosen, Iran and the West will suffer the consequences. Any weapon that is formed against Israel, even nuclear, will not prosper...

Ezekiel 38:18-21 
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. 

Source Jerusalem Post 

Quote: "European Union Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner joined former Vice Prime Minister Peres and EJC president Pierre Besnainou in expressing their hopes that the European Union will continue to contribute positively to a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority by promoting economic and political partnerships in the region.

Ezekiel 13:10, 15-16
Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:... Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

The Bible is clear. Although there will be a relative calm for a few short years, after that the head of the European Union confirms the peace agreement that permits the rebuilding of the Temple, the peace will be short lived, and will usher in the greatest persecution for Israel the world has ever seen. Only when the Jews cry out to their Messiah for deliverance, will there be true peace on earth and goodwill towards men.

Source Yahoo

The British government is expected to have to hand back 8 billion Euros a year from their rebate, while the French have so far refused to give up their farm subsidies which amounts to a massive 40% of the European budget. But so far no deal has been reached. France, along with other nations, are now finding themselves questioning the idea of what it actually means to be European, and a frantic effort is underway to try and define the true boundaries of Europe. 

Quote: "At the heart of the EU's dilemma is the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which the summit is ready to declare today a formal "candidate" for membership, without setting a date for starting membership talks. According to a draft of the summit conclusions: "Before any future decision on opening accession negotiations the Council [of EU member states] will hold a full discussion of [enlargement]."

Source Financial Times

Quote: "The Yes on 73 website site provides some of the audio tapes of a Life Dynamics researcher who telephoned 800 Planned Parenthood and National Abortion Federation facilities nationwide portraying a 13-year-old girl who had been made pregnant by a 22-year-old boyfriend. The caller told the clinics she wanted an abortion "because she and her boyfriend did not want her parents to find out about the sexual relationship," a summary of the report stated. Among the findings was that many clinic workers acknowledged the girl's situation was illegal and that they were required by law to report it, but an "overwhelming majority readily agreed" to keep secret the illegal sexual contact.

Sadly there seems to be a growing trend of younger and younger children becoming involved in fornication, with images of sexuality constantly blasted at them by the media, being taught "social sciences" out of the context of marriage in schools from a young age, and coupled with big businesses that employ a liberal agenda. Like so many civilizations before us, our society is on a countdown to self-destruction.

Joel 3:3 
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Source WorldNetDaily

Quote: ""If Israel plans to invade Iran, then we will intensify our fight against Israel. We are in the same front," Khalid Mashaal told a press conference in Tehran.

Hamas recently gained political control of around 50% of the Gaza strip, and continues to launch attacks against Israel. The European Union is planning to bring up the Iranian President's recent remarks about the holocaust in Brussels today.

Quote: "The EU summit beginning Thursday in Brussels will address Ahmadinejad's statements "also at our urging," Steinmeier said in the German parliament. The remarks showed "with how much irresponsibility and cynicism the Iranian government currently regards the situation of Israel and the Near East." "I say again: The government in Tehran must understand that the patience of the international community is not endless," Steinmeier said.

It appears that the US has apparently also asked Turkey for assistance in any planned strike on Iran.

Source Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem Post, Middle East Newsline

Quote: "The item — a magnetic version of the fish, emblazoned with flames and the word "Hypocrite" alongside a cross — appeared last week on the Democrats' Web site. It was displayed along with other political-message magnets, bumper stickers and buttons that the party sells. State Democratic Party Chairman Paul Berendt said he first found out about the hypocrite fish posting on Friday when someone from KIRO radio called to ask him to go on the air to give an explanation. "The moment I became aware of it, I insisted it be taken down," Berendt said Tuesday. "I'm sorry if anyone was offended. It's embarrassing."

The symbol of the fish representing Christianity is not new. The symbol itself is at least 2000 years old. Many thousands of the graves of the martyrs that lie buried in the catacombs of Rome have the symbol of a fish etched on the tomb stone, as evidence of the undying faith of those who were prepared to lose this life to gain glory in the next. The Democrat party ought to be ashamed of itself, for it has not only mocked millions of Christians who died for the faith, but they are also mocking Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:14 
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 

Source Seattle Times

Quote: "What kind of accommodation remains unclear. Kalman Gayer, another political strategist, is perhaps alone among Sharon's advisers willing to disclose details. The picture he paints is strikingly similar to the proposal Israel's dovish Labor government made at Camp David five years ago, an offer Sharon denounced at the time as "dangerous." In theory, Gayer says, Sharon would accept a Palestinian state in Gaza and 90 percent of the West Bank, and a compromise on Jerusalem, in exchange for peace. But the Israeli leader does not believe Palestinians will be able to deliver peace or make other compromises—like forgoing the right of refugees to return to their old homes in Israel—in his lifetime (Sharon is 78). In the meantime, Sharon wants to "lay the contours of an agreement with the Palestinians," according to Gayer, by creating a Palestinian state in half the West Bank and implementing confidence-building measures. (Palestinians point out that this is a variation on policies that failed throughout the 1990s.)

The next few weeks may be crucial for Sharon. He intends to be the Prime Minster to bring about a lasting peace in Israel, and with elections coming up in March of next year, Israelis will have the chance to decide whether they wil trust him to do the job. 

March will also be a crucial time for Middle East peace. Israel believes Iran's nuclear research will be completed by that time - giving them knowledge of the bomb, and the IAEA is also scheduled to release a new report on Iranian nuclear ambitions in March, 2006.

Source Arutz Sheva, NewsWeek

Quote: "The Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Bjorn von Sydow, took immediate action based on Rivlin's letter. "Although being restricted by constitutional limitations to act in matters of foreign policies, I can assure you that I will use every opportunity I have to condemn such statements... I have made sure that we cease all bilateral contacts with the Iranian parliament," Sydow wrote in response on November 14. He ended the letter by asserting: "I am willing to defend the rights of Israel to exist as strongly as I defend the rights of my own country to exist."

This comes on the day the Iranian President once again insulted Jews and all civilized nations world-wide, by insinuating, not that there never was a holocaust as before, but now that it was in fact a Jewish myth.

Quote: ""They have invented a myth that Jews were massacred and place this above God, religions and the prophets," he said in a live television broadcast.

Source Jerusalem Post, BBC

Quote: "In a Texas classroom, children were told to draw a tracing of their foot, and then put a message on the drawing. One little girl wrote "Jesus Loves Me" on hers. What happened next shows the abysmal state of religious tolerance in America. As Fox news anchor John Gibson relates in his new book, The War on Christmas, the child's teacher ripped the tracing off the board. "Don't you ever do this again," she said. The little girl burst into tears. When her outraged father called the school, nervous officials told the child to make another tracing. She did so-but this time, instead of scrawling "Jesus Loves Me," she drew a tiny cross that was so small it was almost invisible.

Similar stories have been repeated many times all over America. The prophetic term, the Laodicean age (the age in which we now live, Laodicea meaning the "rights of the people"), has been taken to the extreme. Even in the UK we have noticed a vast difference in cultural attitudes. Children now know their "rights", and the state enforces their "right" not to be disciplined. And big businesses are in on the act. But we do have a defence against this ungodly onslaught...

Ephesians 6:12-13 
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

It's often been said, Christ isn't going to take home a defeated Church. We have the weaponry for the battle. Like David, we only have to put it on. God has already promised us the victory.

Source AFA

Quote: "There have been reports in the Russian press that the SAM has been passed to French terrorists intent on attacking a civilian aircraft in France or elsewhere in the European Union. There has also been intelligence that up to 150 missiles were stolen from a Georgian military depot. Earlier versions of the SAM were responsible for destroying at least eight American and British aircraft in the 1991 Gulf war, an American F16 in Kosovo in 1999 and a Russian Mi-26 helicopter, killing 121 troops it was carrying in Chechnya in 2002.

A British Blowpipe was used last year against an Israeli El-Al aircraft, on take off from Kenya. Thankfully the attackers missed the target two times, and potentially hundreds of lives were saved. Apparently the British Blowpipe is cumbersome and complicated to use without extensive training, and its guidance system is limited compared to today's standards. This has prompted Israel to look into developing a civilian counter-measure system to protect their aircraft from missiles. A few years ago, the Labour government also feared at attack at Heathrow, and supposedly scuttled the plans after taking the unprecedented step of sending tanks and troops to ring the airport.

Source Telegraph, IASA

Quote: "British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who chaired an EU foreign ministers meeting, said publishing the report now was inappropriate as Israel was heading for national elections and the EU does not want "to get embroiled in domestic (Israeli) politics in the run-up to elections."

I personally was shocked when I heard of the document's existence, because it shows how close we are to the fulfilment of Zechariah 14

Zechariah 14:1-2 
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

I wrote a very polite letter to the Prime Minister about the issue, but sadly received the standard Downing Street response, that the Prime Minister receives too many letters to reply to them all personally, and that the matter has been passed on to the Foreign Office. Hopefully this government will see what is going on in the world, and realize that the events spoken of in the Bible are real, and that they need salvation.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: ""He wants to see it [the VeriChip] in a real-world environment first," said Procter, who said he's trying to arrange a tour for Thompson at Hackensack University Medical Center, the first hospital to implement the technology in its emergency room. But the authors question this explanation. "We would expect Mr. Thompson to investigate the device before advocating it to others," said McIntyre. "It sounds like he has wisely decided to put off the implantation, perhaps due to the serious privacy and civil liberties implications of such devices, or perhaps due to the serious medical downsides, like electrical risks and MRI incompatibility."

Apparently, only around 60 individuals in the US have accepted the implant. Two hospitals are also testing the device. But possibly the VeriChip will never really take off, at least until the main opposition to human implants has been removed, consisting mainly of Bible-believing Christians, and those who fear an Orwellian New World Order. The Bible states the Antichrist will cause all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive the mark, and as many as that refuse to be killed.

Source WorldNetDaily

Quote: "After Canada legalized same-sex "marriage," its government "launched a study to look at the ramifications of polygamy," Mrs. Kraus said. "Once you open the marriage door to anyone other than one man or one woman, you haven't begun to slide down the slippery slope. You've already hit rock bottom." Voters will decide on the measure next November.

Although not expressly forbidden in Scripture, the Bible is clear that God intended marriage to be between one man and one woman. But polygamy is still illegal. Part of the reason may be that women often find themselves lured into a polygamist relationship of which they are forbidden to leave, and then they are often ill-treated and exploited. There are many horror stories testifying to this effect from women that came out of the Mormon church. Muslims are also permitted to marry more than one wife, and often their fourth wife may be only 13 or 14 - after the role model of their prophet Mohammed, and this wife may often find herself abused and beaten, losing her childhood and sometimes her life.

I think part of the reason for legitimising gay marriage and now polygamy, is to destroy once and for all the last remaining foundation for morality in the world, the family unit.

Source Washington Times

Quote: "Thousands of young white men attacked people of Arabic and Mediterranean background on Cronulla Beach on Sunday. The fighting injured more than 30 people, including police officers, and at least 16 people were arrested. The clashes follow an assault on two lifeguards last week, reportedly by youths of Middle Eastern origin. Mobile phone text messages began circulating after the incident, encouraging people to retaliate... New South Wales Police Minister Carl Scully said the trouble had been caused by a group of Neo-Nazis and white supremacists, who had stirred up the drunken crowd.

It is extremely alarming that countries at opposite sides of the globe, and as diverse culturally as France and Australia are, seem to have both been inflicted by the scourge of Islamic extremism. And all since September 11th. Albert Pike, described as one of the most evil men in the world, and a 33rd degree Freemason, predicted that in order to bring about a global world government, there would need to be three world wars. He predicted the third would be between Israel and Islam. Could it be that what we are seeing now is in an indirect way, the implementation of Albert Pike's vision?

Quote: "Pike's plan was ingeniously simple. The inherent antagonism between different ideologies was to be stirred up and made to explode in three world wars and three revolutions. The first world war was to destroy the three European empires, at that time being the last remaining bulwarks against Illuminism. One of these (Russia) Was to be made a centre of atheist totalitarianism (Communism). The second world war was to erupt from heightened tensions between the Jewish race (and its spiteful Zionism) and extreme European nationalism (Nazism and Fascism). This war would weaken Europe economically and politically and Communism would expand and become as strong as all Christendom, but not stronger, until the time was up for the final destruction of society. A third reason the second world war was to create a Jewish state in Palestine. Gradually it would be possible to thereby heighten the tensions between Judaism and Islam until they broke out in a war which would bring in all of the world powers.

Source BBC, The Truth Seeker

Quote: "On Saturday, the same day UN nuclear watchdog chief ElBaradei received the Nobel peace prize, he appeared to warn Israel not to bomb Iranian atomic reactors. "You cannot use force to prevent a country from obtaining nuclear weapons. By bombing them half to death, you can only delay the plans," he was quoted as saying by the Oslo newspaper Aftenposten. "But they will come back, and they will demand revenge." The report said ElBaradei did not mention Israel, but it was clear he was referring to its increasingly open discussion over whether to protect itself by bombing Iranian nuclear facilities.

Are these comments the yard-stick of success by which we should measure the IAEA's achievements? If so, the world has just jumped another minute closer to midnight. If you can't prevent the spread of nuclear weapons by force, and it's clear that diplomacy has failed, is there no hope? Must the world be held to ransom by countries like Iran, that demand a right to nuclear power? 

What's Mohamed holding the Nobel prize for? Clearly the world is in a worse situation now than it was during the cold war. At least then we had two countries, albeit enemies, that had an ounce of sense, knowing that if one of them launched a nuclear attack, it would spell the end civilization for everyone. But now, we have North Korea possibly possessing nuclear weapons, 40 missing suitcase bombs from the Russian arsenal, life-long enemies Pakistan and India now nuclear nations, Iran currently developing several reactors and converting Uranium - financed by Russia, all while Western nations hold meetings to discuss what they are going to do. Israel has stated that it will still use diplomacy to try and achieve a peaceful solution, but there is no doubt, Israel knows that it would be the first target of for any Iranian nuclear missile, and is probably already planning counter-measures should diplomacy fail...

Quote: "The British Sunday Times reported Sunday that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered the IDF to prepare to attack Iran's nuclear facilities at the end of March 2006, after Israeli intelligence supposedly discovered a number of secret uranium enrichment sites that were disguised as civilian buildings. The article claimed that "military sources" have revealed that "Israel's armed forces have been ordered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to be ready by the end of March for possible strikes on secret uranium enrichment sites in Iran."

Source Jerusalem Post, BBC

Quote: "A member of the public complained to the police and an officer contacted Mrs Burrows the following day to say a "homophobic incident" had been reported against her. "I was astounded," she said. "I told her this was a free country and we are allowed to express opinions on matters of public interest. She told me it was not a crime but that she had to record these incidents. "They were leaning on me, letting me know that the police had an interest in my views. I think it is sinister and completely unacceptable."

It looks like we now live in an increasingly, politically-correct state where it can be a criminal offence to form an opinion that clashes with a minority of the population. With a government that intends to legalize homosexual marriage, and has already enshrined homosexual adoption in law, without a public vote and without an inquiry into how it will affect those children involved, that criminalizes those who disagree with it's laws, is there any hope left for the salvation of Britain? Fool Britannia, she sinks below the waves...

Source Telegraph, Truth TV

Quote: "Speaking to more than 1,000 supporters in a Palestinian camp outside the Syrian capital, Mashaal said: "There are calls here and there for the renewal of the truce next year. I say such calls are unrealistic. "There is no room for the renewal of the truce in the face of the (Israeli) enemy's policy of increased assassinations and arrests." Next year, he continued, "we will only choose the road of resistance, especially since we are waiting for the last moments of the truce, which has fatigued us."

But Hamas has recently gained much ground in the Palestinian elections within the Gaza strip, to the extent that they can more or less control the Palestinian Authority. Europe also maintains high level contacts with the terror organization. But with this new political status, and with Islamic Jihad coming under renewed pressure to stop their campaign after the suicide bombing this week, it's hard to see how Hamas could now maintain its violence against Israel without drawing the ire of the international community. But then stranger things have happened...

Source Jerusalem Post

It's not the first time the Saudi Prince has come under criticism for his justification of Islamic extremism. During his visit to Ground Zero, he justified the terrorists actions, claiming that the US needed re-examine their Middle East policy, and adopt a more balanced stance towards the Palestinian cause. This prompted Mayor Rudy Giuliani to hand back his donation towards the relief effort in New York.

Quote: "Analysts pointed to many factors behind the riots – including poverty, France's immigration and integration policies and French attitudes toward minorities. But some, including frequent Fox News contributor Daniel Pipes, saw a connection to the Islamist goal of gaining a foothold in Europe in its global jihad. "The great majority of Muslims in Europe see themselves as bearers of a superior civilization and see themselves growing prodigiously," Pipes told WND in an interview during the riots. "Through a cultural, religious and demographic confidence they feel scorn towards European ways and conspire to take it over." 

It's hard to understand how riots, supposedly caused by "poverty", could spread from poverty stricken areas to city centres, and across national borders. Some of these "poverty stricken youths" could even afford mobile phones to text their friends to come and join them in the wanton violence. In reality, the riots had to be highly organized to be sustained for over 20 days, and that just doesn't tie in with the spontaneous "poverty" idea.

Source WorldNetDaily

Quote: ""We do not believe that Hitler killed six million Jews, but even if this is true by some chance, then why should the Palestinians pay the price for it," he asked, and suggested that the governments in Vienna and Berlin concede two or three provinces to the Zionists and settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict once and for all. "If Germany and Austria feel responsible that the Jewish people suffered at their hands during the Second World War, then all they should do is create a Zionist State in their territory," he said in a television interview in Teheran.

Of course the whole idea of a Palestinian national identity is preposterous. Palestine has been under occupation by one regional power or another since the Romans took control of the area. When Mark Twain visited the Holy Land a little over 100 years ago, he took pictures of what was then a malaria-ridden swamp, with very few Arab settlements even in existence. Only since the state of Israel was formed by a UN mandate in 1948, and the desert began to "blossom as the rose", has there been a Palestinian issue regarding the land. 

Not that I believe the Europeans would suffer the Israelis for one minute. Anti-Semitism continues to grow in Europe at an alarming rate. But God's Word shows itself to be 100% accurate, and Israel has been regathered according to Ezekiel 37.

Ezekiel 37:11-12 
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

Source Jerusalem Post

The Red Cross adopted a new symbol, the Red Crescent, so as not to offend the Islamic nations with the supposedly Christian emblem. In fact, the "Red Cross" actually comes from the flag of Switzerland, and was adopted because of the country's neutral status during the two World Wars, it is not a Christian symbol at all. Now the Red Cross has finally decided to recognise the MDA, but only after a significant change to their logo - at the behest once again of Islamic nations. The Red Star of David must now be displayed inside a "crystal" or box shape, so as not to offend Muslims whom they may be trying to help. This has prompted many Israelis to protest that Israel is being "boxed in" once again by Islamic nations, while those who ought to know better turn a blind eye to this institutional anti-Semitism.

Quote: "Adoption of the Third Additional Protocol will also serve to create an additional protective emblem equal in status to the existing Red Cross and Red Crescent devoid of political, cultural or religious connotations. The American Red Cross would like to thank the United States Government, the Swiss Government, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for all of their tireless efforts in helping to make the adoption of the Third Additional Protocol a reality.

Source Red Cross

Quote: "Solana said that Europe was characterised by “certain civilizational values, which have to be respected by all who want to be a part of it. Whenever these values are being defended, when there is a will, there is a room for new states in Europe,” Solana said.

Only a few decades ago, Yugoslavia was a model for religious and ethnic tolerance. But many suspect Vatican and Islamic interference in the region, coupled with an EU desire to divide and conquer the region, resulted in a bitter war between Catholics (Croats), Christians (Serbs) and Muslims (Albanians).

Source South East Europe, South East Europe

A new book written by Frank J. Gaffney and Colleagues, called "War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World", warns of the devastating effects a terrorist nuclear attack would have on the United States. Countries like North Korea and Iran, both active in developing their nuclear programmes, and both expressing willingness to sell the technology, continue to pose a grave threat to the world. North Korea possesses ICBM's capable of reaching the West Coast of the USA, and it is estimated that Iran's Shihab 3 is capable of reaching Israel and eastern Europe. 

Even if these countries themselves didn't wish to carry out an attack, some individuals could, should the weapons fall into the wrong hands. It may only take one nuclear weapon, detonated a few hundred miles above the earth, to cause the maximum possible damage. Although the physical damage would be limited, the magnetic pulse generated by the explosion would wipe out all electronic equipment for thousands of miles, causing havoc and crippling the country for months if not years.

Quote: "The result is an enormous pulsed current of high energy electrons that will interact, in turn, with the earth's magnetic field. In an instant, an invisible radio frequency wave is produced — a wave of almost unimaginably immense intensity, approximately a million times as strong as the most powerful radio signals on the earth. The energy of this pulse would reach everything in line of sight of the detonation. And it would do so at the speed of light.

Source World Tribune

A hospital in California, Hackensack University Medical Center, is the first one of 50 odd hospitals in the US that has opted to test the VeriMed scheme. VeriMed is a similar system to VeriChip, but is used strictly for medical purposes. The hospital has accepted fifty VeriMed chips, that will be implanted into volunteers as the experiment continues.

A tiny electronic microchip is inserted by syringe into each patient. The area of insertion for this chip is often reported as being at the back of the right elbow, but other news articles have pointed to the location being in the right hand or forehead. Which is true I am not yet certain, but the Bible tells us specifically that the right hand or forehead will be the end up being the chosen place for the Mark. The chip stores a unique 16 digit number that can be read by a radio frequency scanner. When the chip is scanned, the unique number can provide access to a patients entire medical history via the internet. The hospital claims they do not wish to track people using the chip, but VeriChip Corporation do offer a similar system that specially caters for those that are mentally impaired and prone to wander. 

Quote: "The microchip was approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration last year for medical purposes. However, because it can be used to store other, more private information, Supervisor Gary Ovitt opposed the county hospital's proposal to pilot it. The 4th District supervisor said, philosophically, he's not opposed to implanting medical devices such as pacemakers. However, he didn't see the need for implanting a device in someone with identifying information. "It's kind of a privacy issue," he said. Bill Postmus, chairman of the board, also cast a dissenting vote.

Of course this is only one of the many applications the VeriChip can be used for. The governments of the world desire to bring it in, and will do their best to try and convince us that this is the way to go, either by stick (world terrorism) or by carrot (Medicare). But all these advantages still beg the question, why implant people?

Source San Bernardino County Sun

In this case, the Wells Fargo bank had apparently used Focus on the Family's logo in a campaign against the "anti-Gay" lobby, for some believed Focus on the Family was in favour of it's policy of promoting the homosexual agenda. The bank later stated it did not know Focus on the Family's logo had "got attached" to the fund-raising internet campaign.

Quote: "Focus on the Family cites Wells Fargo's Web site as saying the bank has donated more than $14 million to "pro-gay organizations during the past twenty years." One of the "pro-homosexual advocacy groups" Wells Fargo supports is the Human Rights Campaign, Focus on the Family said. The bank says "we direct our giving to areas that we believe are important to the future of our nation's vitality and success: community development, education and human services." 

I personally think this is the most dangerous thing in the world, a bank with a political agenda. Somebody once said it's not the politicians that control the country, it's who's name is on the currency. The question is, who's telling the governors of the banks what policies they should be pursuing? Perhaps the Bilderbergers, Freemasons, etc?

Source Rocky Mountain News

Quote: "In Britain, the establishment Church of England has refused to celebrate same-sex unions, even though the gay marriage law comes into effect on Monday.

I can't help but feeling that a greater power is behind all this (the legalization of gay "marriage"). Too many countries have adopted this legislation in too short a space of time, legislation often being approved by judges and Parliaments without consulting the will of the people. A large majority of those living in Northern Ireland are against this law, yet it will come into force on the 19th of December.

The global goal of legalizing gay relationships is to "destroy Christianity" - an admission by one gay activist, who sees religion as a cancer on the planet. If Christians are forced to admit that homosexuality is no longer a sin, seeing it is enshrined in law, many Christians will be forced to "rethink" their religion. Of course many "Christians" already believe the Bible is silent on homosexuality, which it is not, and use that "excuse" to call on God to affirm their sins. 

But the saying goes that the wheels of God's justice are slow but sure.

Romans 1:18 
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Source BreitBart

Quote: "The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, struck at 2:20 p.m. local time and was centered near the Congo-Tanzania border, about 600 miles southwest of the Kenyan capital, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site.

Many of the injured have been sent to hospitals, although sadly many government hospitals in the region are poorly staffed and run. Patients will often bypass government hospitals, and opt to travel to mission hospitals, often walking for hours just to receive treatment. My friend Helen works in Kalene Hospital in Zambia as a nurse.

Source FoxNews

Quote: "The Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack in a phone call to Palestinian journalists, identifying the bomber as Lutfi Amin Abu Salem, a resident of the northern West Bank village of Kafr Rai, located between the towns of Jenin and Tulkarm. Imad Abu Diab, a leader of the Islamic Jihad in Tulkarm, told The Jerusalem Post that "the tahdiya (or "calm") no longer exists and that operations against Israel will continue as long as there is occupation." 

Recent developments in Syria and Lebanon also are proving troublesome for Israel. Both countries have apparently agreed that Shebaa Farms, which Israel currently occupies as a security buffer zone, belongs to Lebanon. Hizbullah have used Israel's "occupation" of the area as an excuse to bombard Israeli towns with rockets. The UN refuses to be drawn on the issue, and says that it is up to Lebanon and Syria to agree their borders.

Source Jerusalem Post

Israel famously destroyed Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor in Osiraq, using a small group of fighter planes flying under radar. That reactor was partly funded by the French government .Who knows what condition our world would now be in, had Saddam obtained nuclear weaponry. But any such Iranian attack will not be so easily carried out. Russia came under heavy criticism this week for selling around 40 anti-aircraft missiles, that would prevent any US or Israeli cruise-missile attack. The Iranian nuclear plants are also spread out over country, so any element of surprise will be lost after the first attack. Each installation is also guarded by anti-aircraft guns.

Israel has also criticized European leaders for falling for Iran's stall-tactics, talking "politics" until it's too late to prevent Iran completing it's nuclear programme. 

Quote: ""The fact that the Iranians are successful time after time in getting away from international pressure... encourages them to continue their nuclear project," Gen Halutz said. "I believe that the political means that are being used by the Europeans and the Americans to convince the Iranians to stop will not end in stopping them." "The Iranians are determined to get a nuclear capability. From Israel's viewpoint such a situation is unacceptable." There are military options to deal with Iran, he said, but those "alternatives are not being considered yet". Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon repeated that Israel would not allow Iran to become nuclear-armed.

Source Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem Post, BBC

Quote: ""You will be very welcome in Jerusalem and all the holy places," Abbas, speaking English, told the pope after their private 20-minute meeting, when journalists were allowed to witness their goodbyes. "Thank you very much," the pope replied. Both men were smiling and appeared relaxed. 

The Vatican is strongly in favour of the whole of Jerusalem being made an international city, belonging neither to Jew nor Arab, but under the jurisdiction of Rome. The reason being, Rome intends to place a Pope in Jerusalem before the return of Christ, in an attempt to show Rome as the "true church", with an unbroken line of Pope's stretching from Peter (who never was a Pope) to the return of Christ. That makes the news of the Vatican's interest in obtaining control of the "Upper Room" all the more interesting. 

Quote: "Israel is to give the Vatican control over one of the most sacred Christian sites in Jerusalem, several European newspapers have reported recently. According to the reports, Israel will give the Holy See possession of the Coenaculum, or the Room of the Last Supper (also known as the Upper Room or the Cenacle), on Mount Zion. In exchange, Israel is to gain control of a 12th-century synagogue in Toledo, Spain, which is currently the Santa Maria la Blanca Church, says the Times of London. The synagogue became a church during the 15th-century expulsion of Jews from Spain.

Of course this idea is folly, and the city of Jerusalem is the place where God put His name. When He returns to set up His Kingdom, Jerusalem will become the true "eternal city", and capital of the world.

Zechariah 8:3 
Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. 

Source Jerusalem Post, Palestine Media Centre

Quote: "If the virus acquires sufficient human genes, allowing transmission from one person to another, an estimated 2 million to 7.4 million people around the world could die, the WHO estimates. Some health officials make even more dire predictions. They point to the great flu pandemic of 1918-1919, which killed far more people worldwide than died in World War I – an estimated 40 to 50 million people.

A few decades ago, scientists predicted most human diseases would be wiped out through the new discovery of drugs like penicillin and antibiotics, believing in the ideology of the triumph of evolution over nature. They completely ignored the fact that most diseases we have today are due to a deterioration in the human DNA sequence - contrary to what evolution teaches should happen. They believe these viral mutations are proof evolution occurs, when in fact they prove only one thing, that the human race is becoming more and more susceptible to pestilences, something the Bible predicted over 2000 years ago.

Luke 21:10-11
Then said he (Jesus) unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Revelation 16:10 
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast (Rome - Europe); and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

Source WorldNetDaily

Quote: "An F-15 fighter jet flying over the Mediterranean dropped a Black Sparrow test missile specially designed to simulate an incoming Iranian Shihab 3 missile headed toward the Israeli shore. The radar detected the Black Sparrow missile and relayed its data to a battle management center, which issued the command to launch the Arrow 2 interceptor. "The interceptor performed successfully and intercepted the target," a Defense Ministry statement said. "The test's success is a major step in the system's operational improvements to deal with future ballistic missile threats.'

Israel currently sees Iran as its biggest threat - with Iran months away from knowledge of how to build a nuclear weapon, a year away from possessing enough Uranium to build one, several nuclear reactors due to come online in 2009, and an Iranian President that desires to see Israel wiped off the map. Iran estimates it would take just one nuclear tipped warhead to destroy the nation, while any retaliatory response by Israel would cause minimal damage in comparison, due to the size of Iran. The Shihab 3 has a range that can reach Israel and parts of Eastern Europe, and is capable of carrying a nuclear payload. Israel's missile defence system is essential for its very survival.

Source Jerusalem Post

Quote: "The first Battlegroup project was launched by the UK, France and Germany in February 2004, and within the space of two months EU defence ministers approved it, and turned it into a European concept, which was formally launched by the 22 November 2004 Military Capabilities Commitment Conference. According this Conference’s Declaration on European Military Capabilities: “Battlegroups will be employable across the full range of tasks listed in the TEU Art. 17.2, and those identified in the European Security Strategy, in particular in tasks of combat forces in crisis management, bearing in mind their size”

The Battle Groups concept is a strategic part of the 2010 Headline Goal, being spear-headed by Javier Solana, as the head of the European Defence Agency, and Secretary General of the Western European Union. By the year 2010, the aim is to have around 13 Battle Groups that can respond to a "crisis" any where in the world within 5-10 days. The timing of the formation of this "European Army" is significant, for if the European Neighbourhood Policy turns out to be the "covenant with many", as spoken of in Daniel chapter 9, the Battle Groups will be ready for deployment into the Middle East around the mid-point of the tribulation period.

Source EurActiv

Quote: "Separately Italy's foreign minister, Gianfranco Fini, who Israel considers its strongest ally in Europe, denied altogether there was such a “report.” “There has never been any report by the EU that accuses Israel,” Fini said, after a meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, adding that press reports about the document “do not correspond to the truth.”(AKI, Nov. 25) However on Friday the EU Foreign Affairs commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner's spokeswoman, Udwin, confirmed the existence of the report, apparently contradicting Fini’s remarks.

I personally believe God had to be involved in the leaking of this document, to catch EU leaders out in their devilish plan to divide God's land. The Lord, through His Word, has warned the nations countless times that whoever touches Israel touches the apple of His eye. This leak serves as a further warning to those nations who would set themselves against God, and as a wake-up call to us Christians that the events spoken of in Revelation will soon be fulfilled.

Joel 3:1-2 
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem (1948, 1967), I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

Source Palestine Media Centre 

Quote: "The common law definition of marriage is declared to be inconsistent with the constitution and invalid to the extent that it does not permit same-sex couples to enjoy the status and benefits it accords heterosexual couples," said Justice Albie Sachs in his ruling, AFP reports.

Even though I believe homosexuality is sin against God, and that we can't stop people from choosing the way they want to live - even if it is wrong, homosexuality should not be condoned by law. A major world-wide study into homosexuality released earlier in the year proves that it is a poor environment for raising children. In fact, the author of the report stated that the effects on adopted children were found to be so damaging that he believed homosexuals should not be permitted to adopt children under any circumstances... 

Quote: ""In no way can a couple of persons of the same sex be judged suitable for adopting a child. Considering the findings of this vast bibliography we are obliged to protect the minor and say that same-sex couples must not be allowed to adopt children"

Romans 1:24-25 
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Source BBC, Free Republic

Quote: "Thermo Life(TM) is a revolutionary micro-technology device that is the culmination of eight years of research and development. Thermo Life is a new, unique, small and compact Low Power Thermoelectric Generator ("LPTG") and viable energy source for low-powered devices such as micro sensor systems, ZigBee chipsets, wearable electronics, implantable medical devices, active RFID tags and numerous other applications. Wherever a temperature difference exists in any environment, Thermo Life is capable of producing an output power. Even small temperature differences of less than 5 degrees Celsius can provide a source of thermal energy. 

This technology expands on the current VeriChip implant. The thermal energy generated by the human body will be used to power implantable medical equipment, or any other type of electronic device - i.e. a personal identification chip. Although only 60 people in the USA have had the VeriChip implanted, this number is expected to rise. More worryingly, around 58 hospitals have already adapted the use of the technology, a number ADSX expects to rise to around 200 by 2007. 

Quote: "Dr. John Halamka, chief information officer of Harvard Medical School, got chipped last year and says he hasn't experienced negative side effects. He acknowledges that colleagues find the chip dehumanizing. Security experts are worried that the system can be hacked. And there are concerns that chips could one day be used to monitor the movement of those with implants. And the chip isn't cheap: the suggested retail price is $200 and isn't covered by insurance.

Revelation 14:9-11 
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

Source ADSX, Time Online, VeriChipCorp