tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post6405256597684359087..comments2024-03-28T22:48:30.666-07:00Comments on Home Living: Visiting America Part 1Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-23197140197026843802010-10-31T20:03:41.391-07:002010-10-31T20:03:41.391-07:00Wonderful article, Lydia.Wonderful article, Lydia.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-54973640286224984462010-10-26T22:58:29.798-07:002010-10-26T22:58:29.798-07:00churches are caught up in the doctrine of social j...churches are caught up in the doctrine of social justice and liberation theology, which is the belief that Jesus came to liberate people from poverty and social injustice. This is not what the Bible teaches. This is a fake, straight from the book of Marx.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-49676372992026458092010-10-26T22:50:30.917-07:002010-10-26T22:50:30.917-07:00You are right about this. That is why I am so caut...You are right about this. That is why I am so cautious of any kind of youth ministry. The local church is enough and even it has to be careful not to segment off into groups.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-37908356814180115422010-10-26T22:41:42.975-07:002010-10-26T22:41:42.975-07:00I wish I had told you earlier, but on the radio sh...I wish I had told you earlier, but on the radio show, "Frances and Friends", on jsm.org, today there was an interview with a man who fully explained the "Christian" version of socialism that is sold to young (and old), uninformed Christians - it is repackaged as an ideal called "Social Justice", and the "church", everywhere has been dupped into believing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-31163398915610458382010-10-26T19:27:23.499-07:002010-10-26T19:27:23.499-07:00this is telling
http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/co...this is telling<br /> <br />http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2010/s3048959.htm<br /> <br />Capitalism/Communism has failed China. Distributism/Subsidiarity would give the people back their voice, and, through the guild system, go a long way to stamping out wretched practices that will invariably lead to Rev 11: 18 becoming a reality rather than a possibility.<br /> <br />China now has a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-24492953717773173302010-10-25T23:41:06.758-07:002010-10-25T23:41:06.758-07:00I have heard many say the younger generation has n...I have heard many say the younger generation has not lived as we did under the threat of communism. The thought of all working together for the good of the country sounds very good to many now. It is but not as the communists mean it. They are being taught in many public schools to embrace communistic ideas. To look down on America as we are and have always been the bad guy. Always tellng Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-83328421486662178592010-10-25T23:32:14.888-07:002010-10-25T23:32:14.888-07:00I just found a used copy of a book I had never hea...I just found a used copy of a book I had never heard of. The book is called The Villiage on the Hill an Event related by Peter Holzschuh written down by Peter Maarten. It is a true story written in 1940 about what happened when the ideas and members of the National Socialist Party came to the this sleepy villiage in Germany. As it is written it is easy to see how we could be dooped into Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-31553825707893078502010-10-25T21:25:50.416-07:002010-10-25T21:25:50.416-07:00It is a true fact that one of the problems with ha...It is a true fact that one of the problems with haters is that they do not work hard enough or long enough and have nothing worthwhile to do with their leisure time. I propose that waterworks be developed in such places, so that people with nothing to do can irrigate their land, grow crops, harvest them, sell them, go to restaurants, eat what they want, go swimming in private swimming pools,and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-63595060110772363062010-10-25T16:25:47.997-07:002010-10-25T16:25:47.997-07:00To the annonymous commenter asking about post-Sovi...To the annonymous commenter asking about post-Soviet Russia, I strongly recommend reading 'The Broken Compass' by Peter Hitchens. Not only does he cover the era of the USSR and 'Eastern block' communism, but also touches on the direction in which the former USSR is traveling. Whatever the machinations of Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev, Christianity is rocketing forth as a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-14165989149072082942010-10-25T11:41:34.742-07:002010-10-25T11:41:34.742-07:00The most effective tactic of communists is to conv...The most effective tactic of communists is to convince people that communism is dead, and in the past. Young people think socialism sounds okay, because they do not see how it gradually destroys the religion and free enterprise and wealth in a country. They begin a taunt that sounds something like, "The commies are coming!" or "You see a communist around every corner," to Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-42230952374071260052010-10-25T11:30:56.680-07:002010-10-25T11:30:56.680-07:00It seems Longfellow's blind Sampson was slaver...It seems Longfellow's blind Sampson was slavery. <br /><br />http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/henry-wadsworth-longfellow<br /><br />Fitting thought to connect the poem to socialism, since socialism won't work without enslaving people.<br /><br />And as Lydia's view on the poem shows, a poem can have more than one interpretation.<br /><br />Campaign for Liberty - http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-88952180573483458752010-10-25T11:00:14.989-07:002010-10-25T11:00:14.989-07:00Lydia can you comment on what is happening to the ...Lydia can you comment on what is happening to the former Soviet Union and what is happening there since the "downfall" of communism?<br /><br />Is communism truly dead there or is it growing again in different form like mutated cancer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-47444526943717597552010-10-24T22:04:07.452-07:002010-10-24T22:04:07.452-07:00communism never builds up or replenishes a nation;...communism never builds up or replenishes a nation; it only destroys and depletes. There are several stages of a revolution, one being propaganda, another war, and another reconstruction. Reconstruction does not mean the rebuilding of burnt cities. It means that the winner substitutes its government for yours. This happened in the South after the war. The federal govt send in all their own agentsLydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-91326048440738372322010-10-24T22:01:00.136-07:002010-10-24T22:01:00.136-07:00Interesting that the word "grind" appear...Interesting that the word "grind" appeared in the first line of the Longfellow poem, since I just added a link to the video "The Grinding Down of America" which is exactly what this visitor was talking about. <br /><br />The blind fellow was an American, who was surrounded by the modern day Philistines, but when he gets his strength back, he will pull the whole building down Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-73436885209867219092010-10-24T21:31:10.450-07:002010-10-24T21:31:10.450-07:00Thank you for this post. It is very refreshing to ...Thank you for this post. It is very refreshing to read some REAL ideals for true "hope and change." I also enjoyed your humorous rant at the top of the comments. :D<br /><br />Two days ago, I was blessed to pick up an antique volume of "Poems" by Longfellow for 75 cents at a thrift store. It is a charming, well worn and much loved book, and the handwritten inscription Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-5660678448959132742010-10-23T21:20:44.381-07:002010-10-23T21:20:44.381-07:00Not sure if my final little bit on peter Hitchens ...Not sure if my final little bit on peter Hitchens got through as the page crashed when I chose 'Publish your comment'... <br /><br />If it got through, don't worry about putting this up :-). <br /><br />A must read book is 'the Rage Against God by Peter Hitchens, brother of notorious millitant Atheist Christopher Hitchens. Unlike Christopher, though, peter came to Christ around aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-89128659898130854762010-10-23T21:08:57.520-07:002010-10-23T21:08:57.520-07:00Cont'd,
A book that is a must-read is
'...Cont'd,<br /><br />A book that is a must-read is <br /><br />'The Rage Against God' by peter Hitchens.<br /><br />Peter Hitchens is the brother of notorious millitant atheist Christopher Hitchens. <br /><br />Unlike Christopher though, Peter came to Christ around a decade ago, after years of non belief. He articulates brilliantly the necessity for society to embrace Christianity ifAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-61167388154367278452010-10-23T21:00:36.073-07:002010-10-23T21:00:36.073-07:00Cont'd,
The family unit rather than the indiv...Cont'd,<br /><br />The family unit rather than the individual, is the cornerstone of society whether in the secular, ecclesial and civic spheres alike. When traditional family is truly respected, accepted and promoted, a society becomes most effective. Marxism and its offshoots seek to destroy the traditional family unit (if naysayers don't believe this, all they need do is pick up a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-33558072951875058392010-10-23T20:59:22.559-07:002010-10-23T20:59:22.559-07:00Lydia,
Interesting. Subsidiarity is an effective...Lydia,<br /><br />Interesting. Subsidiarity is an effective antidote to communism. Put simply, subsidiarity asserts that larger power-structures should not interfear with smaller ones. e.g. federal govt. should not interfear with state govt. (demarkation etc), and that trans nationals should not crush and wipe out neighbourhood/family owned businesses, the unlived on corporate owned Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-75978814549834204752010-10-23T20:18:47.200-07:002010-10-23T20:18:47.200-07:00No, he has not, but has said that friends tell him...No, he has not, but has said that friends tell him that the people there are also very hard workers.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-26052354765040663082010-10-23T20:13:43.527-07:002010-10-23T20:13:43.527-07:00One of the problems I see is that people who have ...One of the problems I see is that people who have time sit around and decide how to undermine our country just do not have enough to do. I propose the best military strategy in the world:<br /><br />All those countries that produce terrorism, should be flooded with Dollar Stars, Wal-Marts and Grocery Stores, where shelves are kept constantly stocked. It would provide employment for hundreds of Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-30857309573079444642010-10-23T20:03:13.107-07:002010-10-23T20:03:13.107-07:00Lydia,
I would be most interested to discover if ...Lydia,<br /><br />I would be most interested to discover if this gentleman has visited Australia, and if so, his impressions of this nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com