"A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do." President Woodrow Wilson
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. - Thomas Jefferson
Does not ignorance comes from those who refuse to listen to the truth?
America has lost the moral and religious foundation upon which this nation was built, once making it the most blessed of all nations.
History proves that roughly 95% of our Founding Fathers were Christians. If you are interested in the truth, this is irrefutable evidence in spite of the lies the vast majority are telling these days.
Throughout mankind's history there has always been an agenda of the unrighteous to remove all aspects of the existence of an "All Knowing, Loving and Sovereign" God.
Truth does not change just because you do not like the picture it paints on the walls of your heart. God's Word tells us, "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9
Please do not think such a foolish thing as that there is no wickedness within your own heart. Sin lurks in every man's heart, whether it be in the form of envy, jealousy, greed, self indulgence or even murder; from what we think of as tiny sins, maybe "little" white lies, to far greater sins such as rape or torture.
Sadly today Americans are facing abusive and aggressive attacks against our freedoms and civil liberties from those who have sworn to uphold and protect our nation. Men and women in leadership positions, who have either allowed the lies of the unrighteous to guide them or who have viciously and deliberately set out to erode our Constitutional Rights to enrich their own lives, even as they continue to claim that it is for the betterment of the majority. In truth though it is only their own personal gain that they are seeking. We are allowing the destruction of our own Christian heritage for lack of knowledge.
"Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it." -Ronald Reagan
We have certainly seen how Socialist or Communist controlled governments have destroyed an estimated 200 million plus lives in just the last century and the forecast for this century is that it could easily be ten to twenty times that number.
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. - Thomas Jefferson.
Now I understand why those in power no long push the teaching of America's history today like it was a hundred years ago.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. - Thomas Jefferson
I wonder if Mr. Jefferson had a Time Traveling Machine!
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. - Thomas Jefferson
And it is made much easier when they lie, cheat, steal, swindle and pay the News Medias executives off to bring them in line with the liberal mind set and agenda.
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. - Thomas Jefferson
Man up my fellow citizens who wish to stay free from the evil tyrants (our government leaders) who are godless, arrogant and who see themselves as rulers over, above and separate from the "common" citizen.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. - Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. - Thomas Jefferson
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. - Thomas Jefferson
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. - Thomas Jefferson
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. Psalm 33:12
Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips. Jeremiah 7:28
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." -Ronald Reagan
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever. - Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson sounds like a strong believer in Christianity, if you would ask me.
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln
Over the last several decades I have repeatedly heard it said that America would be destroyed from within and I would most always think, "What idiot would say something like this.. But it was I who was the idiot to think that this could not be possible even in America.
Thus, we find America is in great turmoil, her greatest danger is not from the radical terrorist, but from her foolish and stubborn denial of Christ. Refusing to honor the Holy One, the God of All Creation, the God who made America great is undermining the foundation of this nation.
America can not be healed, because she will not give up her sins. Her sins have reached the Holy One who is enthroned high above the earth, it's nations and people. God's promises still hold true for the individual; "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14
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If you love America and hate what you see that is happening to our government today, I highly recommend that you visit a book store to purchase, "The American Heritage Series with David Barton," presenting America's forgotten history and heroes with an emphasis on our moral, religious, and constitutional heritage.
Learn the truth of our American Heritage and let no one tell you that America's heritage was not founded upon the Holy Scriptures and that America exceptionalism is no greater than any other nation.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Israel, Islam and Armageddon
I suppose, that only those that are truly interested in the real truth will take the time to view all six parts of this video.
Truth for some is relatively indecisive, but it most always ends up being a means to justify their own agendas. However, there is an ultimate "Truth," which is given to us by God. When weighed against this Truth, whether you wish to agree with it or not God's Word has the impact of defining your character and value as a human being, ultimately being a matter of eternal life or death at the end of this age.
Can a man speak of the saving Grace of Jesus Christ and continue to live his life pleasing himself and shunning God's statues for living a moral Christian life? NO! Resoundingly NO!
A man is known not so much by what he says, even though our words carry eternal weight and significance, having the power to bring life or death, blessings or curses. But, more importantly, birthed out of the goodness in his heart his actions will prove his true worth as a man of faith. This is also true for a nation that claims to be a God fearing nation as well. To paraphrase the worldly sentiment, "Talk is cheap." God's Holy Word addresses the same issue, "Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds." James 2:18
Can the leaders of a nation honor God's statues on worship, by participating or supporting the worshipping of false gods, pornography, adultery, homosexuality or abortion? No! Definitely Not! How can the leaders and the citizens of America talk about freedom and liberty and yet murder the most innocent of all life?
The vast majority love their lies more then they love the truth. The truth is shown through their actions by reflecting what is in the heart of either the man or the nation.
"A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him." Matt. 12:35. And this is also true for the heart of a nation as well.
Godly Truth, is absolute truth for everyone. Born out of repentance and the acceptance of Jesus as our LORD and SAVIOR, He has set us free from our bondage of sin. But, for those who reject the truth and accept the evil lies that embrace false gods, evolution, homosexuality, abortion or anything that is contrary to the Word of God, there will be a day of judgment with great wrath and they shall be thrown outside, into the darkness separated from a loving Holy God, with a great gnashing of teeth and a thirst given to them, which cannot be quenched.
I would humbly ask each and every one of us to honestly examine our hearts in light of God's Word regarding this issue.
Truth for some is relatively indecisive, but it most always ends up being a means to justify their own agendas. However, there is an ultimate "Truth," which is given to us by God. When weighed against this Truth, whether you wish to agree with it or not God's Word has the impact of defining your character and value as a human being, ultimately being a matter of eternal life or death at the end of this age.
Can a man speak of the saving Grace of Jesus Christ and continue to live his life pleasing himself and shunning God's statues for living a moral Christian life? NO! Resoundingly NO!
A man is known not so much by what he says, even though our words carry eternal weight and significance, having the power to bring life or death, blessings or curses. But, more importantly, birthed out of the goodness in his heart his actions will prove his true worth as a man of faith. This is also true for a nation that claims to be a God fearing nation as well. To paraphrase the worldly sentiment, "Talk is cheap." God's Holy Word addresses the same issue, "Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds." James 2:18
Can the leaders of a nation honor God's statues on worship, by participating or supporting the worshipping of false gods, pornography, adultery, homosexuality or abortion? No! Definitely Not! How can the leaders and the citizens of America talk about freedom and liberty and yet murder the most innocent of all life?
The vast majority love their lies more then they love the truth. The truth is shown through their actions by reflecting what is in the heart of either the man or the nation.
"A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him." Matt. 12:35. And this is also true for the heart of a nation as well.
Godly Truth, is absolute truth for everyone. Born out of repentance and the acceptance of Jesus as our LORD and SAVIOR, He has set us free from our bondage of sin. But, for those who reject the truth and accept the evil lies that embrace false gods, evolution, homosexuality, abortion or anything that is contrary to the Word of God, there will be a day of judgment with great wrath and they shall be thrown outside, into the darkness separated from a loving Holy God, with a great gnashing of teeth and a thirst given to them, which cannot be quenched.
I would humbly ask each and every one of us to honestly examine our hearts in light of God's Word regarding this issue.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
WHAT IF HE IS RIGHT?
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality. - Winston Churchill
Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick themselves up and go on, anyway. - Winston Churchill
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Thus, they can not see, comprehend or understand the truth even when it is laid out before them.
Will America wake-up to the evil that is among us or will she remain silent, as the lamb goes to be slaughtered.
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David Kaiser is a respected historian whose published works have covered a broad range of topics, from European Warfare to American League Baseball.
Born in 1947, the son of a diplomat, Kaiser spent his childhood in three capital cities: Washington D.C., Albany, New York, and Dakar, Senegal..
He attended Harvard University, graduating there in 1969 with a BA. in history. He then spent several years more at Harvard, gaining a PhD in history, which he obtained in 1976.. He served in the Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976.
He is a professor in the Strategy and Policy Department of the United States Naval War College. He has previously taught at Carnegie Mellon, Williams College and Harvard University. Kaiser's latest book, The Road to Dallas, about the Kennedy assassination, was just published by Harvard University Press.
Dr. David Kaiser
History Unfolding
I am a student of history. Professionally, I have written 15 books on history that have been published in six languages, and I have studied history all my life. I have come to think there is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is simply a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes these exist, but they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper focus..
Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it because I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to it. Yes, a perfect storm may be brewing, but there is something happening within our country that has been evolving for about ten to fifteen years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two.
We demand and then codify into law the requirement that our banks make massive loans to people we know they can never pay back? Why?
We learned just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has little or no real oversight by anyone, has "loaned" two trillion dollars (that is $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms.
That is our money. Yours and mine. And that is three times the $700 billion we all argued about so strenuously just this past September. Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who authorized it?
I thought this was a government of "we the people," who loaned our powers to our elected leaders. Apparently not.
We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our economy... Why?
We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why we are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, think critically, read, or articulate. Parents are not revolting, teachers are not picketing, school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why?
We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it simply wants marriage to remain defined as between one man and one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?) We have corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, and then mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting system into a banana republic. To what purpose?
Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge of collapse, social security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our entire government. Our education system is worse than a joke (I teach college and I know precisely what I am talking about) - the list is staggering in its length, breadth, and depth.. It is potentially 1929 x ten...And we are at war with an enemy we cannot even name for fear of offending people of the same religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.
And finally, we have elected a man that no one really knows anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla, Alaska..
All of his associations and alliances are with real radicals in their chosen fields of employment, and everything we learn about him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not downright scary.
Surely you have heard him speak about his idea to create and fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than our military for use inside our borders? No? Oh, of course. The media would never play that for you over and over and then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe are more important.
Mr. Obama's winning platform can be boiled down to one word: Change. Why?
I have never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am now.
This man campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never, ever done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the pieces into a new and different power structure. Change is indeed coming. And when it comes, you will never see the same nation again.
And that is only the beginning..
As a serious student of history, I thought I would never come to experience what the ordinary, moral German must have felt in the mid-1930s In those times, the "savior" was a former smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average German knew next to nothing. What they should have known was that he was associated with groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage through great oratory. Conservative "losers" read it right now.
And there were the promises. Economic times were tough, people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he smiled and frowned and waved a lot. And people, even newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his "brown shirts" would bully and beat them into submission. Which they did - regularly. And then, he was duly elected to office, while a full-throttled economic crisis bloomed at hand - the Great Depression Slowly, but surely he seized the controls of government power, person by person, department by department, bureaucracy by bureaucracy. The children of German citizens were at first, encouraged to join a Youth Movement in his name where they were taught exactly what to think. Later, they were required to do so. No Jews of course,
How did he get people on his side? He did it by promising jobs to the jobless, money to the money-less, and rewards for the military-industrial complex. He did it by indoctrinating the children, advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride once again in the country, across Europe , and across the world. He did it with a compliant media - did you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and... change. And the people surely got what they voted for.
If you think I am exaggerating, look it up. It's all there in the history books.
So read your history books. Many people of conscience objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names, laughed at, and ridiculed. When Winston Churchill pointed out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. He was right, though. And the world came to regret that he was not listened to.
Do not forget that Germany was the most educated, the most cultured country in Europe. It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals, laboratories, and universities. And yet, in less than six years (a shorter time span than just two terms of the U. S. presidency) it was rounding up its own citizens, killing others, abrogating its laws, turning children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors. All with the best of intentions, of course. The road to Hell is paved with them.
As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional decisions, I have a choice: I can either believe what the objective pieces of evidence tell me (even if they make me cringe with disgust); I can believe what history is shouting to me from across the chasm of seven decades; or I can hope I am wrong by closing my eyes, having another latte, and ignoring what is transpiring around me..
I choose to believe the evidence. No doubt some people will scoff at me, others laugh, or think I am foolish, naive, or both. To some degree, perhaps I am. But I have never been afraid to look people in the eye and tell them exactly what I believe-and why I believe it.
I pray I am wrong. I do not think I am. Perhaps the only hope is our vote in the next elections.
David Kaiser
Jamestown , Rhode Island
United States
By passing this along, perhaps it will help to begin the awakening of America as to where we are headed.
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Two trillion dollars could buy a lot of weapons to arm a civilian defense force, which most likely would be controlled by a selected individual or group.
Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick themselves up and go on, anyway. - Winston Churchill
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Thus, they can not see, comprehend or understand the truth even when it is laid out before them.
Will America wake-up to the evil that is among us or will she remain silent, as the lamb goes to be slaughtered.
************************
David Kaiser is a respected historian whose published works have covered a broad range of topics, from European Warfare to American League Baseball.
Born in 1947, the son of a diplomat, Kaiser spent his childhood in three capital cities: Washington D.C., Albany, New York, and Dakar, Senegal..
He attended Harvard University, graduating there in 1969 with a BA. in history. He then spent several years more at Harvard, gaining a PhD in history, which he obtained in 1976.. He served in the Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976.
He is a professor in the Strategy and Policy Department of the United States Naval War College. He has previously taught at Carnegie Mellon, Williams College and Harvard University. Kaiser's latest book, The Road to Dallas, about the Kennedy assassination, was just published by Harvard University Press.
Dr. David Kaiser
History Unfolding
I am a student of history. Professionally, I have written 15 books on history that have been published in six languages, and I have studied history all my life. I have come to think there is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is simply a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes these exist, but they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper focus..
Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it because I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to it. Yes, a perfect storm may be brewing, but there is something happening within our country that has been evolving for about ten to fifteen years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two.
We demand and then codify into law the requirement that our banks make massive loans to people we know they can never pay back? Why?
We learned just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has little or no real oversight by anyone, has "loaned" two trillion dollars (that is $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms.
That is our money. Yours and mine. And that is three times the $700 billion we all argued about so strenuously just this past September. Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who authorized it?
I thought this was a government of "we the people," who loaned our powers to our elected leaders. Apparently not.
We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our economy... Why?
We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why we are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, think critically, read, or articulate. Parents are not revolting, teachers are not picketing, school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why?
We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it simply wants marriage to remain defined as between one man and one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?) We have corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, and then mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting system into a banana republic. To what purpose?
Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge of collapse, social security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our entire government. Our education system is worse than a joke (I teach college and I know precisely what I am talking about) - the list is staggering in its length, breadth, and depth.. It is potentially 1929 x ten...And we are at war with an enemy we cannot even name for fear of offending people of the same religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.
And finally, we have elected a man that no one really knows anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla, Alaska..
All of his associations and alliances are with real radicals in their chosen fields of employment, and everything we learn about him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not downright scary.
Surely you have heard him speak about his idea to create and fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than our military for use inside our borders? No? Oh, of course. The media would never play that for you over and over and then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe are more important.
Mr. Obama's winning platform can be boiled down to one word: Change. Why?
I have never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am now.
This man campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never, ever done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the pieces into a new and different power structure. Change is indeed coming. And when it comes, you will never see the same nation again.
And that is only the beginning..
As a serious student of history, I thought I would never come to experience what the ordinary, moral German must have felt in the mid-1930s In those times, the "savior" was a former smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average German knew next to nothing. What they should have known was that he was associated with groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage through great oratory. Conservative "losers" read it right now.
And there were the promises. Economic times were tough, people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he smiled and frowned and waved a lot. And people, even newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his "brown shirts" would bully and beat them into submission. Which they did - regularly. And then, he was duly elected to office, while a full-throttled economic crisis bloomed at hand - the Great Depression Slowly, but surely he seized the controls of government power, person by person, department by department, bureaucracy by bureaucracy. The children of German citizens were at first, encouraged to join a Youth Movement in his name where they were taught exactly what to think. Later, they were required to do so. No Jews of course,
How did he get people on his side? He did it by promising jobs to the jobless, money to the money-less, and rewards for the military-industrial complex. He did it by indoctrinating the children, advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride once again in the country, across Europe , and across the world. He did it with a compliant media - did you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and... change. And the people surely got what they voted for.
If you think I am exaggerating, look it up. It's all there in the history books.
So read your history books. Many people of conscience objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names, laughed at, and ridiculed. When Winston Churchill pointed out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. He was right, though. And the world came to regret that he was not listened to.
Do not forget that Germany was the most educated, the most cultured country in Europe. It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals, laboratories, and universities. And yet, in less than six years (a shorter time span than just two terms of the U. S. presidency) it was rounding up its own citizens, killing others, abrogating its laws, turning children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors. All with the best of intentions, of course. The road to Hell is paved with them.
As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional decisions, I have a choice: I can either believe what the objective pieces of evidence tell me (even if they make me cringe with disgust); I can believe what history is shouting to me from across the chasm of seven decades; or I can hope I am wrong by closing my eyes, having another latte, and ignoring what is transpiring around me..
I choose to believe the evidence. No doubt some people will scoff at me, others laugh, or think I am foolish, naive, or both. To some degree, perhaps I am. But I have never been afraid to look people in the eye and tell them exactly what I believe-and why I believe it.
I pray I am wrong. I do not think I am. Perhaps the only hope is our vote in the next elections.
David Kaiser
Jamestown , Rhode Island
United States
By passing this along, perhaps it will help to begin the awakening of America as to where we are headed.
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Two trillion dollars could buy a lot of weapons to arm a civilian defense force, which most likely would be controlled by a selected individual or group.
Monday, August 1, 2011
A Father's Cry
Guess our national leaders didn't expect this, hmm? On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton , Colorado , was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful.
They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a portion of the transcript:
"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good &evil in the hearts of men and women.. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out f or answers.
"The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used.... Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart..
"In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA.. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent..
I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best.
Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is what we need!
" Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational
systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.
"As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA -- I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your
own heart before casting the first stone!
My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"
Do what the media did not - - let the nation hear this man's speech.. you have the power to do that !
Emails go all over the world. We can tell that world that we are still a Nation who prays!