INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST OR ECONOMICALLY IGORNANT?

I do not know whether the Editorial Staff of the Johnson City Press are intellectually dishonest or economically ignorant. I assume that they are both. Their common sense tips about saving gas miss the point. Most of the tips are impractical, such as car pooling and mass transit. These measures are designed to control a population’s freedom.

Gas prices are determined by the law of supply and demand. The reason gas prices are rising is because demand is exceeding supply. Conservation and finding alternate fuel sources is not the answer. Increasing the oil supply will reduce the price of gasoline. Drilling for more oil, using oil shale and tar sands will do just fine.

An ignored source of the lack of supply of oil is government taxation and regulation. Each gallon of gas includes Federal and State taxes. Because of environmentalism running amok, the oil industry is regulated as to where they can drill, and because of supposed pollution, refineries have to change their gasoline blends, thus driving up the price of gas.

The Editorial Staff hates oil with all their heart. They intuitively know that oil represents freedom. Oil allows us to go where we want and allows us to be independent. The Editorial Staff wants us dependent upon the government. Oil allows us to be individualistic. This is something the Editorial Staff and all totalitarians despise.

LETTER TO S. J. DAHLMAN

I do not usually read articles in the Faith section of the Johnson City Press because there is generally nothing of any value. Your column caught my eye about the veto of the supposed torture bill and I have to ask you some questions regarding your position. It is obvious from your column’s title "Torture bill veto brings much into question," that you believe waterboarding is torture and should be abolished and it galls you that the President does not agree with you.

You write, "But this I do: the veto effectively forces Christians and other people of faith, for that matter–to make choices about their priorities and allegiances." Do you speak for all Christians? I know that you do not speak for me. I fully support President Bush’s decision to continue the interrogation method of waterboarding. He is protecting my life from attacks by people who desire to take my life. This is a point that has obviously slipped by you. You would rather protect the supposed rights of an enemy combatant rather than the lives of Americans.

Do other people of faith go to heaven or is Christianity an exclusive religion? The Lord Jesus Christ said that you were either for Him or against Him, meaning there is no neutrality. It is obvious that you are a gray area Christian seeking to be academically relevant rather than being theologically relevant. You have sold your birthright for a mess of academic relevance.

Your position does not differ at all from an atheist. Does God torture His enemies in the lake of fire for all eternity? Remember, this verse is found in the New Testament.

The Lord Jesus Christ is an exception and not the norm. He is exceptional in that He is God. What kind of enemies did he forgive from the cross? Christ’s death on the cross was to fulfill the law of God of a life for life. The principle expressed is the punishment is commensurate with the crime.

You have failed to distinguish what kind of enemies we are talking about and about good and evil. Are terrorists good or evil? You want to give pity to those who do not deserve pity. Innocent people deserve pity, not the guilty. Deuteronomy 7:16 reads, "And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee." God (who is immutable) said that the guilty do not deserve pity or mercy. The War on Terror is a war against evil men who desire to do harm to innocent people. Biblically, they deserve no pity.

Ask yourself why you feel guilty about what these interrogators are doing to these terrorists. Unless you learn to introspect about these why questions, you will remain superficial in your thinking. Your thinking is sense based.

Ask yourself a question, why do you think waterboarding is torture? I do not think that it is because I understand the principle behind what is being done. You are anti-conceptual. All that you are basing your decision on is what you can see with your physical eyes. You lack the ability of discrimination between torture of an innocent person and interrogation of a war enemy.

One good thing is that you are not the Commander in Chief. I would fear for my life because you would want to treat terrorists with kid gloves. It is because you, more than anything else, are an antinomian. You hate Old Testament law with all your heart. You have no social or war theory and your policies effectively turn the world over to Satan and his henchmen, the terrorists.

THE CALL FOR MORE OF THE SAME

When stupidity gets a foot hold, there is no end to how far it will careen out of control. To say that most of those in power and positions of authority are imbeciles is an understatement. With them, all you get is the same old failed rhetoric that actually causes any problem that they are speaking about to get worse. These morons do not understand the problem because they are the problem. Their solutions never work.

A recent study of 838 girls found that 26% of them had a sexually transmitted disease. This is about 218 of them. This means that the majority of these girls did not have a sexually transmitted disease. Based upon this finding, it is estimated that there would be 3 million teen girls who have a sexually transmitted disease. This is an exaggeration. How do they know that there are that many? They don’t and yet they want us to believe that this is accurate.

838 teen girls is a very small sampling to base such a large claim on. What is at issue in this study, is doing away with the only method known to prevent sexually transmitted diseases wherever it is practiced: abstinence. Abstinence has proved to be 100% effective in stopping all teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. You would think that such an effective method would be hailed by all.

The atheists think that they know better than God what should be done. God’s way is abstinence. Chaperoned courting rather than dating is God’s way, it has worked in times past and works in the present and will do so in the future. The atheists method only encourages the very problem they seek to solve. They exacerbate the problem rather than solve it. They think that man can avoid the consequences of his actions.

"Those numbers are certainly alarming," said sex education expert Nora Gelperin, who works with a teen-written Web site called sexetc.org. She said they reflect "the sad state of sex education in our country." She is a sex education expert meaning she seeks to promote promiscuity. Her salary comes from teens being sexually active rather than practicing abstinence. She has an economic interest in promoting her version of sex education.

Here is a quote from a 12 year old girl contained in the Quote of the Day section of this website, "I go to a school where they teach abstinence-only sex ed. I don’t believe in this. People should see both sides of the argument and then make their decisions." I wonder what this girl will decide when weighing both sides of the issue? If sexect.org has their way, she will be having sex at 12. Purity is looked down upon and scorned. Promiscuity is exalted as good and healthy, unless of course, you just happened to get pregnant because of failed birth control or contract a sexual disease. I wonder if sexect.org will be there to pay for girls like this 12 year olds abortion and medical bills for contracting a sexual disease?

Gelperin goes on to say, "Sexuality is still a very taboo subject in our society," she said. "Teens tell us that they can't make decisions in the dark and that adults aren't properly preparing them to make responsible decisions." How many parents actually want their children to be sexually active before marriage? Only the idiotic would support such nonsense. Where do most teens spend their days? In the government schools whose agenda is to pass out condoms, teach sex education and provide abortions for pregnant teens without their parent’s knowledge or permission. It is the government schools that keep these teens in the dark as to the dangers of sexual activity, not the parents.

The responsible decision is to abstain from any sexual activity until marriage. Any other decision, by definition, is irresponsible. Gelperin talks about making responsible decisions and then preaches irresponsibility. She may have good intentions, but the old saying is true, "the path to hell is paved with good intentions." Being an atheist Gelperin can preach only one gospel and that is death. Sexual promiscuity produces death. Just ask Gov. Eliot Spitzer. He may end up with death to his political career because of his promiscuity. Sexual activity has consequences.

"Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said the study shows that "the national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure, and teenage girls are paying the real price." In what way have abstinence-only programs failed? They did not fail. According to this study, they have been effective. 620 teens or 74% of girls participating in this study, were not pregnant and did not have a sexually transmitted disease. Only those girls who chose willingly not to heed the abstinence-only message have suffered any ill results.

Richards, whose whole livelihood depends upon raising up the next generation of simpletons, needs new victims to ply Planned Parenthood’s ghastly trade. If every teen girl practiced abstinence, Planned Parenthood’s survival would be threatened. This study will be used in an attempt to garner more tax money for Planned Parenthood’s coffers and for more condom distribution. What has caused the problem is seen as a solution to the problem.

What is lacking from this study is a voice from parents and from the Christian community. If you do not believe these studies are skewed to an intended end, you are a fool, who believes that abstinence does not prevent teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. There is only one message that teens need to hear in regard to this study, "Stay pure until marriage. You will never regret it."

ENVIROMENTALISM'S TRUE COLORS

Man is religious and he demonstrates his convictions continuously. It is never a question of religion or no religion, but which religion. Man must worship something or someone. These religious convictions prove that man was made in the image of God. Man can never get around the fact that he is revelational of God.

One hears continuously, as a steady drum beat, of how bad religions are from the atheists. They say that religion has caused all of the wars throughout all of history. They hate religion and religious people with all their heart.

The environmentalists are a cult and their membership is filled with extremists of the most violent sort. Environmentalists are anti-capitalistic which makes them also anti-dominion. God has given man clear direction in Genesis 1:28, "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fist of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

Environmentalists belong to the First Synagogue of Satan. They are plank owners in this

synagogue. Rather than taking dominion of the earth as commanded by God, the environmentalist seeks to stop any dominion from taking place. This is because the environmentalist is an idolater. He worships whom he considers to be his mother, the earth. It is clear that environmentalists are first and foremost materialists. Being a materialist makes one an atheist. They deny that God created the world in a literal six days. They believe that matter is eternal.

A case in point occurred on Sunday, March 2, 2008 in a Seattle Washington suburb. There four luxury homes were burned down. Law enforcement officials believe that the fires were deliberately set. A sign with the initials ELF was found near the burn site. ELF is an acronym for the environmental group Earth Liberation Front. The sign condemned the building of these luxury homes. Critics had said that the development could pollute a nearby creek that contains endangered salmon.

These extremists believe that the means justify the ends. They are not afraid to resort to arson or murder, if it accomplishes their ends, as this instance demonstrates. Fortunately, no human life was lost. The damage that they caused is well over $8 million dollars. Biblically, they would have to make restitution for these acts.

All extremist environmental groups need to be investigated by law enforcement. They need to be infiltrated and broken up so that these acts of terror and destruction can be stopped. Atheism has only one way of trying to get their way and that is through destruction rather than construction. They operate in the negative, not the positive.

SENTENCING STUPIDITY

We live in a day and age when all logic has been jettisoned. Irrationality has gained the ascendency especially with the judicial system. The judges have ensured that criminals are treated better than law abiding citizens. The judges have established principles of arbitrariness. The ones who are supposed to uphold the law, do not hold to any ethical principles. Their sentencing decisions are capricious.

The Supreme Court has recently declared war on its citizens by allowing any one under the age of 18 to commit murder and they cannot be given the death penalty. If someone is 17 years and 364 days old, they cannot be given the death penalty. If they commit the murder on the 365th day, they can get the death penalty. What does one day matter? What does time have to do with the act of murdering someone?

A recent example occurred on February 29, 2008. 17 year old Anthony Tyrone Terrell, Jr. has been accused of murdering his mother and her two daughters, aged 11 and 4, in the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville, Georgia. Terrell’s mother, Joy Deleston, was a Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Deputy. No motive for the murders has been established. The murder weapon has been found. Terrell is being held without bail and will have a preliminary hearing next week.

On the video report, a Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Deputy colleague Stacy Bourbonnais said that the murders were violent and senseless. She said that she was shocked and angered by these murders. Who was she angry with and why?

The prosecutor’s hands have already been tied. They know that they cannot seek the death penalty in this case because of Terrell’s age. Essentially, this means that those under the age of 18 can murder anyone they choose and the state i.e. taxpayers have to take care of him for the rest of his life. Worse, there are those who are advocating that these teen murderers should be eventually paroled. This is outrageous and unbelievable.

Thank you Supreme Court for giving those under the age of 18 the right to murder anyone without the reprisal of the death penalty. It is open season on the law abiding. Obviously, Terrell’s age had nothing to do with his ability to murder 3 people. Age is arbitrary. This is not an age issue, it is an ethical issue.

The Bible is clear with regard to the penalty that Terrell should suffer, if he is found guilty: death. All murderers are given the death penalty under God’s law. Striking a parent brings the same penalty. Terrell, under God’s law, would be given the death penalty. His age is irrelevant. Under man’s law, what is irrelevant becomes relevant and it is opposite of God’s punishment. These judges will be held accountable by God. Their day of reckoning is coming. They will have to give an account to the Judge of judges and they will be given the spiritual death penalty.