The Mark of the Beast and False Teachers

I still hear preachers talking about the mark of the beast being tattoos or implants under the skin. When I hear this I have to consider the strong possibility that they already have that mark. Have they never read the bible? I understand that probably the majority of people who call themselves Christians are undereducated in God’s word. But someone who calls himself a pastor or minister should be able to put two and two together and get four. If they have that capability, and actually have done some serious study, and still get three, or six, or nineteen then they must be trying to put something over on you. And God will judge them first.

The mark of the beast is the opposite of the seal of God, which is in the forehead.

Close your eyes for a minute and just perceive. Where did you perceive from if not from in your forehead? Isn’t that the place that is the center of your awareness? It is where your understanding lies.

“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:” Rev 13:16

This mark is of the beast in the forehead (your mind) is not knowing or following the truth, which is God. And the mark in the hand represents action, or works that are contrary and in opposition to the will of God.

a mark in their right hand—action, works or in their foreheads—understanding

"Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together." Is 48:13; “My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.” Ps 63:8 And the Father speaking to Jesus who does his will: “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” Ps 110:1 "But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads." Ezek 3:7,8 “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.” 2Pet 2:1,2

The all that are caused to receive the mark of the beast are all that don’t have the seal of God. Those who have the seal of God are not deceived. They have the true understanding. It also means protection. The Greek for seal is sphragis—a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy or genuineness). If we understand God’s word, know God, let the will of God be done through us we will have God’s protection.

“And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.” Rev 9:4

“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.” Rev 15:2

Don’t rely on the teachings of others. If a preacher is leading you away from true understanding he is not doing God’s will. And we can only serve one master.

Study God’s word for yourself. And get the seal of God in your forehead.

Atonement versus 666

Atonement, the English word formed from the phrase ‘at onement’ is the essence of the goal of Christianity.

“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so , but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” Rom 5:10-11

The Greek word ‘katallage’ from which the word was taken in the above verse means: restoration to (the divine). The sacrifice of Jesus and our faith in Him gives us that atonement. The faithful are sitting with him.

“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” Eph 2:5,6

And they are in him.

“But whso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.” 1^st John 1:5

The truly faithful are at one with God. Their faith is proven by their righteousness. How could anyone with God be anything but righteous?

In contrast to being with God, Strong's Concordance word # 666 'apousia' means: a being away.

The 666 can also be found by the 6th seal, 6th trumpet and 6th vial.  In each instance Satan appears.

 

Though I believe with certainty that the Revelation and other end time bible prophecies will come to pass I don’t think any of us know exactly how things will play out. We should be prepared for anything.

If the earth exploded into trillions of burning pieces today would you survive? Those who have the understanding of their existence as spiritual beings and of God, and show their love to Him, would find Him waiting, with his multitude of angels. They would be safe and off to a new life of eternal bliss. These would be God’s elect and the saved. At least that’s what I believe.

Many more might see Him but be turned away.

“And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Matt 7:23

These people are aware of their spiritual existence but unaware of God and his nature. This group may even include people who call themselves Christians—glibly happy to be saved by faith but not proving their faith through their works.

“If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:” John 1:6

Left alone in the universe. Cut off from God and His family. Left to search other planets for a body to occupy—hopefully human, possibly animal. Or just snuffed out of existence like a candle being blown out, never to be remembered. Either way, sad.

A third group of people, the avid atheists that believe they are nothing more than meat bodies and will return to dust. They have no conception of life. To them it is recognized as nothing more than matter in motion. Being so thoroughly convinced that they are not spiritual beings, may virtually cease to exist as such when their body reaches its end. There awareness existed only in and of that body. Theirs is an eternity of nothingness. Not perceiving or emanating life.

Perdition, Greek—apoleia—damnation, destruction.

Hell, Greek—hades—the place (state) of departed souls.

The deciding factor between eternal bliss and eternal misery or destruction is having or not having the seal of God in our foreheads.

 

I still hear preachers talking about the mark of the beast being tattoos or implants under the skin. When I hear this I have to consider the strong possibility that they already have that mark. Have they never read the bible? I understand that probably the majority of people who call themselves Christians are undereducated in God’s word. But someone who calls himself a pastor or minister should be able to put two and two together and get four. If they have that capability, and actually have done some serious study, and still get three, or six, or nineteen then they must be trying to put something over on you. And God will judge them first.

The mark of the beast is the opposite of the seal of God, which is in the forehead.

Close your eyes for a minute and just perceive. Where did you perceive from if not from in your forehead? Isn’t that the place that is the center of your awareness? It is where your understanding lies.

“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:” Rev 13:16

This mark is of the beast in the forehead (your mind) is not knowing or following the truth, which is God. And the mark in the hand represents action, or works that are contrary and in opposition to the will of God.

a mark in their right hand—action, works or in their foreheads—understanding

"Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together." Is 48:13; “My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.” Ps 63:8 And the Father speaking to Jesus who does his will: “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” Ps 110:1 "But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads." Ezek 3:7,8 “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.” 2Pet 2:1,2

The all that are caused to receive the mark of the beast are all that don’t have the seal of God. Those who have the seal of God are not deceived. They have the true understanding. It also means protection. The Greek for seal is sphragis—a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy or genuineness). If we understand God’s word, know God, let the will of God be done through us we will have God’s protection.

“And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.” Rev 9:4

“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.” Rev 15:2

Don’t rely on the teachings of others. If a preacher is leading you away from true understanding he is not doing God’s will. And we can only serve one master.

Study God’s word for yourself. And get the seal of God in your forehead.

 

I’m astounded by the number of Christians who believe that there is no such thing as the Holy Trinity. I can only assume that they are relying on the teaching of others to come to this conclusion. And have accepted these false teachings based on faith in false teachers, instead of faith in the Word of God. Consider where your loyalty lies. If one has ears to hear listen to God’s teachings, and always challenge the teachings of men.

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.” 2 Tim 2:15-16

A non-denominational Christian. Because, though many churches claim to be teaching the true word of God what is the chance that they are always right and every other church is wrong? This is the height of vanity. There are a handful of enlightened teachers that I listen to, but at one time or another I have found disagreement with all of them. They’re only human. And the teachers that I pay any attention to at all realize this. There are many who think they are as perfect as Christ himself. At least it seems so because they don’t leave open the possibility of being wrong.

Now before I make my case for the Trinity consider for a moment how important this subject is. Most of us know that we are blessed with a very forgiving God. We can break his heart by doing an almost endless number of shameful things, and still, His mercy is possible with sufficient repentance. Except for one thing.

“And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.” Luke 12:10

Is the Holy Ghost more important than the Son of man? Maybe not, but the Holy Ghost is the essence of Christ, and Jehovah, His father. Consider this phrase from the beginning of the Bible:

“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Gen 1:2

In the second sentence “the Spirit of” could have been left out and the sentence would still make sense, but it wasn’t. And for reason, if you believe that this book speaks the truth. And notice that Spirit is capitalized. It’s a proper noun. Later in the chapter:

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” Gen 1:26

Was He talking to himself? Some might argue that, no, he was speaking to His Son, who has existed from the beginning. And yes, the Bible clearly states Jesus was with Jehovah at the beginning:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. “ John 1:1

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. “ John 1:14

So we clearly know that both the Father and Son were present at the beginning. And if you open your mind and step away for a moment from preconceived ideas and false teachings you can also see that the Word (Jesus) and God (Jehovah) are at the same time separate and the same. “…the Word was with God, and the Word was God…”. This might be a difficult concept for our puny little minds but its right there in the handbook of life that God has made available to us.

Now consider this in light of the second verse, “…the Spirit of God moved…”. This can only mean that this separate entity (remember Spirit is capitalized) is the spirit of both Jesus and Jehovah. Three entities, the Holy trinity. And remember these words:

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24

And if that doesn’t explain this singular and triple Godhead clearly enough then just hear the words:

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. “ John 5:7

Some Bibles use the name Holy Spirit instead of Holy Ghost. They’re the same thing. The Greek word for Ghost is pneuma, which means spirit.

May you never commit the unforgivable sin and may you show yourself approved unto God.

Here are some parting thoughts for you to rightly divide the word of truth:

“And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak

And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.” Num 22:35-38

The angel of the LORD in verse 35 is God in verse 38.

“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” Rom 8:26-27

“ And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: “ 1 Thes 1:6

“Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. “ John 14:17-20

“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: “ John 15:26

“But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. “ Matt 12:28

“If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then , Shew us the Father? “ John 14:7-9

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Matt 28:19

Matthew Wells

 There has recently been a lot of questioning of the character of Mit Romney and his suitability to be our president simply because of the church he belongs to. So we have a Mormon running for president. Would it be so bad to have a leader who is strongly pro-life? Who believes in the importance of teaching morals to our children, and isn’t likely to show up for work drunk or hung-over?

Regardless of how many Christian religions there are; in the big picture, there is only one true Christian church. To think that true church is the denomination you belong to is not only vain it is absurd.

Things won’t likely turn out as depicted in the Southpark episode—a bunch of disappointed Christians standing in hell, hearing the news that only the Mormons made it to heaven. Yet there are many who follow this line of thinking.

If a man spent his entire life in a small village, isolated from the world and knowing nothing of the teachings of Christianity; yet lived his life in service to others and in unknowing obedience to the Ten Commandments would Christ send him to everlasting destruction for not being baptized or proclaiming in words his faith in Jesus? I don’t think so.

“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” 1 Cor 1:10

We will be known and rewarded for our works, not for our devotion to a particular pastor or denomination.

“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?” 1 Cor 3:3, 4

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Col 2:8

Instead of blanket statements like “Mormonism isn’t true Christianity” or “Catholics are too ritualistic” or “everyone who eats pork will go to hell”, can we accept the fact that faith is necessary and good works are rewarded? And then go from there?

To think that someone must belong to your church to receive God’s grace is insulting to our Lord. Where is that in scripture? Likewise, to assume that a person will not see the Kingdom of Heaven because he belongs to a church that you don’t agree with is to be lacking in humility. And it is approaching idol worship.

The traditions of men say to pray publicly. Jesus said, “pray to thy Father which is in secret” Mat 6:6. And by example he went off alone on a mountain to pray. The traditions of men say to berate other religions. Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” Mat 5:9 We can’t cast aside the old man in place of the new if we worship the traditions of men.

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Cor 2:12-14

None of this is meant to minimize our watchfulness for false teachers, but we will know them by their fruit. (Look at the fruit of Islam.) Instead of acting with strife or sedition we should act with love, and meekness, and temperance.

“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.” 1 Thes 5:9-13

Matthew Wells

Baptists may have some problems with the beliefs of Catholics, and vice-versa, but they both believe that Christ is their savior. Evangelical Christians may differ on some things from Mormons, but they both believe the Bible is the Word of God and that the Holy Spirit is our comforter and our guide. Faithful followers of these and the most other Christian sects may differ on how to achieve or aspire to, or arrive at the kingdom of heaven but they all have the same goal; and they believe that loving and serving our neighbors is how to show our love of God. So we should of course all work to strengthen and help each other.

Let’s not be like the Sunnis and Shia, and up until recently Hamas and Fatah. Since the common goal of these groups is to see us subjugated or dead it is in our best interest that they don’t work efficiently together to accomplish their common goal. Conversely it is in our best interest to work together to defeat Islamic jihad, and darkness. And to bring the light of God to the world.

“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” 1 Cor 1:10

At a time when there are many millions all over the globe willing to sacrifice their physical lives in order to serve the beast that is Islam, that gets its authority from Satan (Rev 13:2), by wiping Christianity and if necessary Christians from the face of the earth,

we need to focus on the common ideals that we hold and stand shoulder to shoulder in the service of God.

Additionally we should be enlisting the alliance and support of non-Christians who are earnestly and honestly seeking to bring light and goodness into the world, whether they are Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, or Scientologists. If anyone is earnestly and honestly seeking truth and dedicated to doing good works we should consider them our friends and allies, despite our differences.

“I will give unto every one of you according to your works.” Rev 2:23.

If, in our eyes, we find some slightly, or greatly, lacking spiritual enlightenment or following the teachings of a false prophet we should do what we can to educate them, perhaps with passion but also with humility.

One of the most common traditions of man is to find fault with and chastise each other. But it is important to keep our eyes on the real enemies we face, namely Islamic jihad and those who give power to that beast (Rev 13:12), such as: the ACLU, the United Nations, the French government, many of our liberal politicians and professors, etc., etc.

As true servants of God we can’t waste valuable time and resources denigrating Buddhists because of the actions of a couple of dictators currently behaving badly toward Christians, or Mormons because of a false prophet (Warren Jeffs) who calls himself a Mormon and controls a tiny sub sect of that larger group. It would be equally unfair to equate David Koresh with Christianity, or Charles Manson with Scientology. There are bad apples in every bunch.

For the most part any religion is better than no religion. With religion a person is at least seeking enlightenment and has a moral base. There are a few exceptions though. Satanism and Islam for example. Satanism is relatively inconsequential to the average person. For one thing there aren’t that many of them and for another their actions most often account to nothing more than mixing a few herbs trying to cast some spells. I don’t know about you but I don’t think I have ever been harmed by a ritual performed by a Wicca nut. Islam is another story.

With over a billion Muslims in the world and probably at least that many blind infidel supporters there are innocent people being slaughtered and abused around the world on a daily basis. This is a religion that should be recognized as an enemy to God and his children. This is not the case of a small sub sect gone wild. These are actions obedient to the teachings of the Koran and the Hadith. And actions in direct defiance to the will of God as the more fortunate of us understand it.

Let’s not be politically correct and continually call this enemy names that modify and obscure it from our vision like ‘radical Islam’ or ‘Muslim extremists’. If they’re not radical or extreme they’re not being obedient to their scripture. That’s like a person living a life of adultery, hatred, and sedition calling himself a Christian.

The only way to defeat this enemy is to receive God’s seal and get our names written into the book of life.

“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Rev 13:7, 8

Let’s not be distracted by our differences, and stand together with all of God’s children who are worthy of Him. And let us earn our white robes of righteousness by standing and working together, in defiance of Islam, instead of at odds with each other like the Sunnis and Shia.

Matthew Wells

 

Three hundred who wanted to see you dead have been killed. That’s good new for those with humility and integrity—the only people who can think honestly. Then there are those who can’t:

Just three days after Jane Fonda, Cindy Sheehan, Maxine Waters and several thousand other boneheads screamed and griped in front of the White House about how our President is sending more of our troops into slaughter with no new strategy, strong evidence to the contrary came out of Iraq. In Najaf with Iraqui forces in the lead upwards of three hundred Shia and Sunni jihadists/insurgents were killed after twenty-four hours of combat.

So is this not clear evidence that the Iraqui army is indeed stepping up? Doesn’t the President’s revised strategy seem to be working? Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear would know this is the truth. If they were at all concerned about the truth.

To some, like Hillary Clinton, and all of the rest of the Democrat Presidential candidates this must be bad news. Have you heard any of these folks ever praise one of our military victories in Iraq?

Matthew Wells

  

A family member told me recently that she didn't think we needed a CIA or FBI.  And I think she was being sincere.  Unfortunately this is an opinion shared by many Americans.  When I pointed out to her that the Clinton administration fired approximately 1000 of our CIA informants she seemed completely unconcerned by this.  Despite the fact that she was employed by a company that was located in one of the twin towers until one week before it was attacked and fell.  Her company moved to Virginia one week earlier.  She couldn't comprehend the connection between a strong intelligence network and our national security.  But hey, even President Clinton didn't see the connection.

To many people in this country our enemies are President Bush, our volunteer military and the Christian right. Or all those who recognize the need to defend ourselves from the threat of Islam--to subjugate or kill all unbelievers. Democrats in congress are now threatening to cut off funding for the soldiers and marines in Iraq.  While Muslims are actively at war with all non-muslims the liberals of this country and the world may be even more dangerous. By empowering the Jihadists through their political correctness and blindness, and opposing at every turn those who would defeat them they are clearing the way for them. Those who collaborate with and aid the enemy should be identified as the enemy.  This is too deadly serious to not do so.  But we should also pray for them, "for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth." John 12:35

Is this really so serious? Yes.  Just read the hateful and unlightened words in the Koran and the ahadith.  For example, "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." Koran 9:29  And "fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them" Koran 9:5. Or "Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the godly): they will never frustrate (them). Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies" Koran 59:60 61.

 A warning from our Lord, "And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed."  Rev. 13:15

I'm not saying we should start killing our liberal friends and family and neighbors but they should at least be identified for the danger that they are.  Does it make sense to just sit back and let them make it easier for Jihadists to kill us?  Our lives and our children's lives depend on us identifying them, speaking out against them, and making them as powerless as possible.  "And a man's foes shall be those of his own household." Mt.10:36.

  

Matthew Wells

 

 

Run out of Iraq, spread socialism in our country, etc. There was nothing unexpected in the Democratic response to the President’s state of the union address. It doesn’t really matter what was said. We shouldn’t give it the slightest bit of serious attention.

The person our Democratic leadership chose to deliver the address was Jim Webb senator/pornographer of Virginia. A paragraph from his book Lost Soldiers he artfully describes a man with youthful and hard muscles, having oral sex with his infant son. There is no need to expand on the book, or any of the other pornographic material he has written. It’s a sin to even discuss such things. It just needs to be noted—this is the person the Democratic leadership decided to use to speak on their behalf.

Matthew Wells

 

Here is what Los Angeles Times writer Kenneth Turan writes about a film shown at this years Sundance Film Festival:

"Zoo," premiering before a rapt audience Saturday night at Sundance, manages to be a poetic film about a forbidden subject, a perfect marriage between a cool and contemplative director (the little-seen "Police Beat") and potentially incendiary subject matter: sex between men and animals. Not graphic in the least, this strange and strangely beautiful film combines audio interviews (two of the three men involved did not want to appear on camera) with elegiac visual re-creations intended to conjure up the mood and spirit of situations. The director himself puts it best: "I aestheticized the sleaze right out of it."

Do you suppose the average artsy fartsy liberal will speak out against this film stronger than they would speak out against the Christian right, or big oil or tobacco companies on any given day?

Excuse me for being an extremist but I think it needs to be reiterated that tolerance isn’t necessarily a good thing. There is a line between good and evil, decent and disgusting. This isn’t it. We went past it a long time ago. This is just an example of how low our society has sunk.

We already have liberals trying to redefine marriage. Don’t be surprised if we see some idiots trying to promote the idea of marriage between people and animals. Twenty years ago who would have thought that there would be a movie about romantic beastiality? Much less a rave review about it from a major newspaper? And things could still get worse. It’s not defended by the average atheistic or God hating liberal yet. But that could be just around the corner.

Do you remember when homosexuality was considered shameful and unacceptable? I’m pushing fifty so that time is clear in my memory. Do you remember when it was considered shameful and sinful to slaughter unborn children by the millions? Now it’s promoted in the name of women’s rights. Do you remember when a woman’s virtue was something to be well thought of and highly spoken of? Now it’s an oddity. Do you remember when filth and ungodliness wasn’t popular and mainstream?

What has changed? The thoughts of millions of people obviously. And obviously the actions of millions of people. Consider the mark of the beast. It will be in the forehead, where thoughts originate. Or in the right hand, symbolic for service, or action. Is the mark of the beast already starting to show itself?

Yes I’m an extremist. I’m extremely against God being pushed out of our culture and Satan being put on a pedestal and called decent by worshipping his ways.

Matthew Wells
1/24/07

 

There was a time not long ago when honesty could be expected of the average person in this country. Though there have always been flatterers and liars, in recent years these acts, sadly, have become socially acceptable and commonplace. In fact the dishonesty in our culture is so pervasive that very often lying isn’t even called lying, and flattery isn’t called flattery. These acts are hidden behind the term ‘political correctness’.

When someone speaks in a politically correct way and at the same time also speaks the truth it is merely an accident. The use of political correctness is always an attempt to avoid offensiveness and generally an avoidance of truth. And as the definition below puts forth, political correctness is often agenda driven.

Also, PC or p.c. Showing an effort to make broad social and political changes to redress injustices caused by prejudice. It often involves changing or avoiding language that might offend anyone, especially with respect to gender, race, or ethnic background. For example, Editors of major papers have sent out numerous directives concerning politically correct language. This expression was born in the late 1900s, and excesses in trying to conform to its philosophy gave rise to humorous parodies.

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms

This is a somewhat generous definition, and yet one of the most accurate definitions I was able to find. It makes no mention of the inherent dishonesty of political correctness.

Here’s another:

Political correctness (also politically correct or PC) is a term used to describe language or behavior which is claimed to be calculated to provide a minimum of offense, particularly to racial, cultural, or other identity groups. The concept is not exclusive to the English language. A text that conforms to the ideals of political correctness is said to be politically correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org

The definitions themselves are politically correct! At the very least the definitions are incomplete, which is deceitful. In addition our language has been inundated with new words and new meanings for existing words that are used as tools of political correctness. Just take a look at some of the deceitful words common use:

Pro-choice—This is just a gentle way of saying pro-abortion. And abortion itself is a gentle way of describing taking the life of an unborn child. A lie upon a lie. The argument for pro-choice is usually made in the name of freedom or women’s rights. But no choice is offered to the millions of unborn children that are killed every year, or to the people who would love them.

Tolerance—This term is used very broadly. It includes tolerance for gay marriage, legal rights for illegal immigrants, and in San Francisco it even means tolerance for the rights of convicted sexual offenders to live near elementary schools. In the name of tolerance should we just turn off our brains and tolerate everything?

Affirmative action—It is if you don’t happen to be a white male trying to get into a college or get a job and are automatically placed at the bottom of a list behind all the minority and female applicants.

Extremist—This has become a recently popular term mostly used by those on the left to describe conservatives with opinions extremely different from their own. This word however is so nebulous that our President, who is often called an extremist, commonly uses the word himself to describe our enemy. It may be unnecessarily inflammatory to use the word Muslims to describe our enemy but he won’t even use the word Jihadist. The word is meant to be derogatory and to describe someone over the edge, but it is always one person’s opinion of another. To use the word in a rational and objective way, and with an understanding of its root word ‘extreme’ it would have to mean—a person who is passionate and firm in their unpopular or unconventional convictions, like the apostle Paul, Galileo Galilei, Christopher Columbus, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and Jesus Christ.

Though political correctness continues to be a common practice it is generally known that it is also a dishonest practice. This speaks very poorly for our society. If dishonesty is used to put forth political or social change, or even to just avoid confrontation, then how much value is placed on intelligent and honest debate?

Even an atheist must know that we can serve only one master. Are we serving God, who is truth and light, or His opposite?

As integrity is merely the courage to see and speak the truth, then other than silence, it is the only alternative to political correctness.

Matthew Wells
1/19/07