Ron Paul on Abortion Amendment

GregJaye asked this question in response to my comment on a recent post:

My question about Congressman Paul is: why is he not in favor of federal amendments on either the protection of human life or [sic] the protection of marriage? It is my understanding that he and Thompson preferred that the states deal with these issues. I don't agree. We must protect these traditional values from the runaway judiciary.

First I will answer the question about abortion.

I have never heard anyone say that Ron Paul would vote against a Constitutional Amendment to protect the unborn. On his website he says this:

The alternative is an outright federal ban on abortion, done properly via a constitutional amendment that does no violence to our way of government.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/articles/81/pro-life-action-must-originate-from-principle/

This suggests the he would vote for a Constitutional amendment if it was properly worded. But it also implies that he thinks that this is not the best way. He prefers his Sanctity of Life Act. Here is why:

It would be easier to accomplish than a Constitutional amendment. We would only have to have a simple majority in the House and Senate and the President’s signature. A Constitutional amendment would additionally require approval of two-thirds of the state legislatures.

The Supreme Court does not really have the power that people think that it has. But Congress refuses to exert its authority over it as the Founding Fathers intended. This is the root of the problem of judicial activism. Judges become corrupt because they are unchecked as they are supposed to be.

The Constitution clearly says, “In all the other cases before-mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.” (Article III, section 2). If you read the whole section you can see that this applies to everything except things like interstate crimes, ambassadors, and some other public officials.

RP wants the Congress to use this provision of the Constitution to give us back our power that we have over the Supreme Court so that we don’t have to keep going through the arduous process of amending the constitution every time an activist Supreme Court takes away our God-given rights. It is also important to dispel the myth of Supreme Court power in the minds of the populace.

Duncan Hunter made this statement:

I would amend the U.S. Constitution and provide blanket protection to all unborn children from the moment of conception by prohibiting any state or federal law that denies the personhood of the unborn. Likewise, I have also introduced the Right to Life Act, which would legally define “personhood” as the moment of conception and, therefore, guarantee all constitutional rights and protections, including life, to the unborn without utilizing a constitutional amendment.

I don’t see that anything Ron Paul has said would be inconsistent with this. Laws against murder have always been state laws. RP just wants to keep things as they had always been before all this judicial activism. Just because someone says they believe in a constitutional amendment does not mean they have taken the most conservative position on the issue. One could conceive of different ways that a Constitutional Amendment could be worded. It could only allow the states to pass laws against abortion. It could ban all abortion outright. Mitt Romney supports such an amendment that would contain exceptions in cases of rape and incest. Mike Huckabee says the same thing as RP about leaving this issue up to the states. Maybe RPs strong beliefs in states' rights could inhibit his ability to act to protect the unborn in some situtuations (but he has voted for some federal legislation which criminalizes some abortions). And I must admit that RPs approach has one disadvantage--a Constitutional Amendment would be more permanent. You could rightly argue that Duncan Hunter is better on this issue, but that definately cannot be said of Mike Huckabee.

The reasoning behind not prefering a Constitutional Amendment against gay marriage are similar, but I’ll have much more to say about this next week.

Goodbye Mr. Giuliani, Glad to see you go!

Ruby Giuliani? Back to New York where he/she(?) belongs.

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For me there will be no tears shed for the ultra social liberal-leaning New York R.I.N.O. former Mayor, now former Presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani as he abandons his run for the presidency. Good riddance. As if his campaign itself was not insult enough to true Conservative principles, as a parting volley he lobs at America his endorsement of Senator John "Amnesty" McCain.

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It was announced on CNN online shortly after the GOP debate concluded that apparently another large R.I.N.O., Governor Terminator will be making a formal announcement to support Senator Amnesty.

You can tell a lot about a person by the endorsements they obtain. McCain is no conservative he is a moderate to liberal politician in the league of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Big names, yes, but equally big non-conservatives as well.

Are Children Born Separated From God?

This post is a response to a comment made by fellow-blogger, Matt, to one of my articles of a few weeks ago.

Is it possible that children are not separated from God until they sin? Let us consider for a moment that this were true. What would the ramifications of this be? First of all children would not die. They would be immortal. There would be no infant deaths. If their body was torn apart in an abortion clinic the tissue would stay fresh and not decay. The blood would stay fresh and not decay. Secondly, they would not be totally deprived. Thirdly, they would have no knowledge of right and wrong.

The experience we have of children is that they do die. Their bodies do decay and so does their blood. They are born with a conscience and knowledge of right and wrong. They are born totally depraved.

God said in creation that the plants and the animals and the fish and the foul were to reproduce after their kind (1). In genetics once a mutation occurs in an organism that mutation is then reproduced in its offspring. Once Adam and Eve had been separated from God through their disobedience, all their offspring would then be born separated from God for they were all in Adam and Eve when they sinned. An example of this from Holy Scripture is when Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek. Since Levi was in Abraham, Levi paid tithes to Melchizedek (2). The entire human race was in Adam and so we all sinned in Adam.

The Apostle Paul writes, “Wherefore, as by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned (3).” The Apostle Paul further writes, “But the scripture hath concluded all are under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe (4).” Jesus is the only one ever born with out sin for His Father is God Who has never sinned (5). ”

If you believe that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God who received the punishment for your sins and rose from the dead; you can be saved from your sins today. Confess to God that you are a sinner and invite Jesus into your heart. A sample prayer is, “Lord Jesus Christ forgive me of my sins and come into my heart.”

References

1. Genesis 1:11,21,24,25
2. Hebrews 7:9,10
3. Romans 5:12
4. Galatians 3:22
5. John 3:16;14:30; Hebrews 4:15

September Dawn (2007)

September Dawn is a very good and compelling movie. It reminded me of the Patriot. It clearly shows a meaningful contrast between the false religion of Mormonism, which in many ways is similar to Islam, and true biblical Christianity. Both Mormonism and Islam rely on the direct revelation of “god” to primarily one fallible man. In the case of Mormonism it was Joseph Smith. In the case of Islam it was Muhammad. I see several parallels between these two belief systems. Both reject the absolute authority and unique deity of Jesus Christ as being part and parcel of the true Triune God. Both of these false belief systems reject the Judeo-Christian Bible as the primary and absolute authority of the standard of God for life and actions. In other words, Mormonism and Islam, as do all false religions, attempt to add to or to supersede biblical revelation. We are warned in the Scripture not to add to God’s revealed words.

The movie really brings out an accurate contrast between true Christianity and typical non-Christian religions such as Mormonism or Islam. When you depart from the truth, you are prone to immoral behavior such as the former Mormon practice of polygamy. The movie graphically show how the “apostles” of Mormonism used their office much like some of the hierarchy in the Roman Catholic Church have in the past, to aggrandize themselves. In the case of the Mormon “apostles” they took wives of other men for themselves if they so desired. Whenever anything or anyone other than the Word of God, the Bible, is used as the final authority, then such behavior as the Meadow Mountain Massacre or the Twin Towers Terrorist Attack could occur.

The movie centers on an American tragedy, which has been mainly suppressed or ignored for many years. Ironically it was the first major tragic event that happened to occur on September 11th. In the case of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 120 men, woman and children lost their lives. This massacre happened 144 years before the Twin Towers in 1857.

I don’t think that this movie did very well in the box office, but it should have. It tells a important story that is relevant for today.

There is a story of romance intertwined with the historical account as well.

RATING

I give this movie a ***** out of *****. The violence portrayed gives it a rating of “R”, otherwise it would be a “PG”. The movie is not a family movie. It is meant for adults and mature teens. I would recommend the purchase of the movie. It was released in theaters last fall and released on DVD at the beginning of the year. At least rent the movie if you do not want to purchase it. I highly recommend it. It gives a historical account that does not reflect positively on what some Americans did in the past, but it is a story that needed to be told.

McCain is a R.I.N.O. at Best

A Michael Ramirez Cartoon TownHall.com 1/29/08.

Senator John McCain is definitely no conservative. He is barely a Republican. He's more of a R.I.N.O., a Republican in name only.

I got a laugh when former Massachusetts (bastion of liberalism) Governor Mitt "Flip" Romney and Senator John "Amnesty" McCain got into a name calling contest over the weekend. Each called each other the "L" word. When I got news for you both. You BOTH are right. You both are liberals in disguise. You both are playing the part of a conservative to get elected. Well, I have news for you both, neither of you would have my vote. Anyone who will not take a stronger position that the two of you on pro-life and protecting traditional marriage during your careers is undeserving of my vote. You both are more Democrat Socialists than Republican Conservatives!

Newest NewsBusted: Is NBC Blind to Evil?

NewsBusters is a conservative news and comedy website. Here is just one of their bits from their current episode. See right panel of this blog and click on the video to watch this 2-3 minute comedy YouTube.com video.

“On a recent Today Show, NBC News correspondent Ned Colt ran a segment entitled, “Osama Bin Laden: Fanatic or Hero?” We here at Newsbusters have been producing our won TV program, it’s called, “NBC News: Traitors or Just Really Really Blind to Evil?”

- - - NewsBusted, Episode 135

Making a Mark with Earmarks

THE PRESIDENT ON ‘THE OTHER WHITE MEAT’

Last night as I listened to most of President Bush’s final State of the Union speech, he mentioned the need to stop the “earmarks” so commonly used those who allegedly represent us in Congress. What is an “earmark”? The Office of Management and Budget, a government agency defines them as follows: “Earmarks are funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails the ability of the Executive Branch to properly manage funds.”

President Bush’s idea is good to curtail earmarks, but why did it take him 7 years to come to this position?

VOTE FOR 2007 ‘PORKER OF THE YEAR’

Speaking of earmarks or pork projects, last week The Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) announced its nominees for the for 2007 Porker of the Year award. In their January 22nd news released they indicated that Americans can vote for the politician who they think was the worst porker of the year. We can cast a ballot in an online poll. Here are the six finalists chosen by CAGW staff from 12 worthy Porkers of the Month in 2007:

___ Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) - The House Majority Whip was November’s Porker of the Month for airdropping a $3 million earmark for the First Tee golf program into the fiscal 2008 Department of Defense Appropriations Act conference report. In fiscal year 2008, he brought in 38 pork projects worth $62 million.

___ Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) - The Senate Production, Income Protection and Price Support Agriculture Subcommittee Chair was December’s Porker of the Month for thwarting three amendments to the farm bill that would have provided some modest reform. In fiscal year 2008, she brought in 96 pork projects worth $196.3 million.

_X_ Rep. John 'Jack' Murtha (D-Pa.) - The House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chair was May’s Porker of the Month for throwing a temper tantrum and threatening his colleagues over a challenge to a $23 million pet project in the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008. Rep. Murtha also purposefully put up roadblocks and barriers to hinder earmark accountability and reform. In fiscal year 2008, he brought in 72 pork projects worth $149.2 million.

___ Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.) - The House Transportation Committee Chair was August’s Porker of the Month for proposing a “temporary” 5 cent increase in the gas tax in the wake of the Minnesota bridge collapse to raise $25 billion within three years for a new bridge trust fund. In fiscal year 2008, he brought in 32 pork projects worth $87.9 million.

___ Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) - The Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member was October’s Porker of the Month for an $11 million Health Resources and Services Administration earmark for his alma mater, the University of Alabama. In fiscal year 2008, he brought in 201 pork projects worth $174 million.

___ Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) - The at-large representative was April’s Porker of the Month for defending earmarks and pledging to continue his state’s disproportionate harvest of federal tax dollars. Rep. Young also placed a $10 million federal earmark for an unnecessary road project in Florida. In fiscal year 2008, he brought in 18 pork projects worth $10.3 million.

The ballot and further details on each of the finalists can be found at swineline.org/porkeroftheyear.

RODHAM-CLINTON IS ONE BIG “PORK” PRODUCER

OneNewsNow.com reports that “conservative watchdog groups exposed Senator Clinton (D-New York) last week for garnering 261 pork projects ("earmarks") for her supporters -- more than five times as many as any other presidential candidate currently serving in Congress. Earmarks are vague, written instructions attached to federal agency budgets that are often used as a "backdoor" to fund pet projects. Now Peter LaBarbera with Republicans for Family Values is drawing attention to one $300,000 funding earmark Clinton secured.

"One of the recipients was the Gay Men's Health Crisis [Center]," notes LaBarbera. "[The Crisis Center] is a typical, radical, homosexual activist/AIDS organization that opposes abstinence and supports homosexual funding and subsidizing -- effectively, promotion of homosexual sex acts."

LaBarbera says Senator Clinton's dedication to the homosexual agenda would carry over into a Clinton White House, were she to be elected. "I think we're looking at the most pro-homosexual presidency that ever was," he warns. "I mean, Bill Clinton was horrible, as you remember, but this is way worse than even Bill Clinton."

However, homosexuality is not the only issue on which LaBarbera feels the Democratic candidates are out of touch with mainstream America. "I would say the same thing about abortion," he says. "The fact [is] that Hillary and Barack Obama are arguing over who is the most radically pro-abortion candidate."

“Porker of the Year” election is one which Hillary Rodham-Clinton could easily win if nominated. Why not write her in? I had already voted for Congressman Jack “Mr. Surrender” Murtha, otherwise she’d have my vote . . .

Florida Voters Guide & Predictions

The following is based on the Florida Family Policy Council Voters Guide. I have assigned a score to each candidate. Governor Huckabee comes up with a +6 out of a possible 7, the best showing. He has the best score. Among the GOP candidates Mayor Rudy Giuliani garnered only +1 out of 7.

CANDIDATES’ POSITIONS ON THE ISSUES

RIGHT TO LIFE - Reversal of Roe vs. Wade
Republicans
Huckabee: Supports
McCain: Supports
Romney: Supports
Giuliani: Opposes
Paul: Supports
Democrats
Clinton: Opposes
Obama: Opposes
Edwards: Opposes

STEM CELL RESEARCH – Public Funding of Human Embryo Destruction
Republicans
Huckabee: Opposes
McCain: Supports
Romney: Opposes
Giuliani: Supports
Paul: Opposes
Democrats
Clinton:Supports
Obama:Supports
Edwards:Supports

MARRIAGE - Federal Marriage Amendment

Republicans
Huckabee: Supports
McCain: Opposes
Romney: Supports – he has flip-flopped on this, however
Giuliani: Opposes
Paul: Opposes
Democrats
Clinton: Opposes
Obama: Opposes
Edwards: Opposes

IRAQI WITHDRAWAL - Immediate Removal of Troops from Iraq:
Republicans
Huckabee: Opposes
McCain: Opposes
Romney: Opposes
Giuliani: Opposes
Paul: Supports
Democrats
Rodham-Clinton: Supports
Obama: Supports
Edwards: Supports

GUN CONTROL – Assault Weapon Ban
Republican
Huckabee: Opposes
McCain: Supports
Romney: Opposes
Giuliani: Supports
Paul: Opposes
Democratic
Clinton: Supports
Obama: Supports
Edwards: Supports

TAXES - Signed AFTR Pledge to Not Raise Taxes
Republicans
Huckabee: Signed
McCain: Not Sign
Romney: Signed
Giuliani: Not Sign
Paul: Signed
Democrats
Clinton: Not Sign
Obama: Not Sign
Edwards: Not Sign

EDUCATION – ‘No Child Left Behind’
Republican
Huckabee: Supports
McCain: Supports
Romney: Supports
Giuliani: Supports
Paul: Opposes
Democratic
Clinton: Supports
Obama: Supports
Edwards: Supports

THE SCORECARD

Republican
1. Huckabee: +6 of 7
2. Romney: +5 ½ of 7
3. Paul: +5 of 7
4, McCain: +2 of 7
5, Giuliani: +1 of 7
Democrats
6. Clinton: 0 of 7
7. Obama: 0 of 7
8. Edwards: 0 of 7

MY PREDICTIONS FOR FLORIDA

This will be a very close race with each participant getting a good share of the voters. Conservatives in Florida will see through the McCain and Giuliani conservative facade and will split the conservative vote between Huckabee and Romney. The Evangelical Christians will vote strong for Huckabee.

If nothing else the Florida victory will give Huckabee the boost he needs to invigorate his campaign finances and will smack down the arrogant and egotistical McCain bringing him back to earth and reality. It may also destroy and send Giuliani packing back to New York to lick his liberal wounds and end the charade.

Tonight I watched NBC-TV News at 7:00 PM. Biased Brian Williams only talked about McCain, Giuliani and Romney. Some polls show Huckabee to be ahead of Rudy Ghouliani, but no mention. The main stream media (MSM) sure wants either liberal minded and liberal acting McCain or Giuliani to be the GOP nominee, I wonder why?

Huckabee 25%
Romney 24%
McCain 23%
Giuliani 17%
Paul 11%

President Bill Clinton on the Mrs. & McCain

NewsMax.com informed me of the following YouTube.com video regarding President Bill Clinton's comments about his wife and Senator John McCain. The two apparently like each other quite a bit. They are also much alike, I am afraid. Amnesty, campaign finance reform and judicial nominees, etc. It would be just awful if either were their party’s nominee.

The Clintons' Political Pig Pen

A Michael Ramirez Cartoon TownHall.com 1/25/08

The Art and Science of Tag Team Mud Wrestling

by Bill & Hillary Clinton

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B-rated Barack Obama’s victory in South Carolina on Saturday may have catapulted him out of the Clinton Arkansas pigsty. The Clintons’ know no other way to campaign but to ruin and to run their opponents through the mud. It did not work in South Carolina. Things do not bode so well for the former first couple going into the Super Tuesday . . .

Personally I think Obama or Edwards are just a desperately despicable in their socialist political philosophy, and just as wrong for America as the Clintons were and are. Still it would please me to see them defeated by this upstart freshman Senator, even though he is such an empty suit . . .

Hillary Rodham-Clinton is Radically Pro-Abortion

Radical Pro-Abortion Presidential Candidate Senator Hillary Rodham-Clinton (D-NY) Holds 'Unaborted Product of Conception', Posing Her 'Love' for a Black Child for PR Purposes.

Who’s victory was “huge”, McCain’s and/or Obama’s?

An example of blatant media bias is the coverage the main stream media gave the opposing parties of the results of the South Carolina primary elections. The GOP and the Democrat primaries were held on two different dates. The latest was Saturday with pro-abort Obama defeating pro-aborts Rodham-Clinton and Edwards. I noticed that AOL news (and I suspect most of the old media did as well) used the word “big” and “huge” in in describing Senator John McCain’s narrow win over former Governor Mike Huckabee. In my mind it was a narrow victory, McCain squeaked by, he barely eecked out a win. He won yes, but to call it “huge” is at least an exaggeration. At worst it was manipulation.

The media is in love with the moderate-to-liberal maverick McCain. They would like to see either he or Mayor Rudy Giuliani be the Republican Party nominee for president. Both more nearly represent many of the liberal to leftist positions. The New York Times (NY Slimes – per conservative talk radio host Mark Levin) endorsed McCain, but would never endorse him in the general election. They do not want a conservative to win the GOP nomination. That is why they virtually ignored Representatives Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo.

What Obama did in South Carolina was really HUGE. He shellacked her majesty Madame Rodham-Clinton more than 2 to 1 that is 28 percentage points higher. But of course the media is cautious about telling the truth about the terrible beating the carpetbagger received. She still has a great following among the leftist press.

Being the most conservative of the un-conservative conservatives Mike Huckabee will be cut no slack. The MSM cannot ignore him completely, but they will never fully report the truth about him. They want him to lose to one for anointed – McCain, Giuliani or even flip-flopping and recent forged conservative card carrying Mitt Romney. Huckabee, though, by no means the conservative America needs, is, by his stated positions and his imperfect record is still more conservative than any of the three aforementioned individuals especially on the issues most critical to me – abortion, traditional marriage and Fair Trade. His nearest rival as a near-conservative is libertarian Congressman Ron Paul, who is not as strong as Huckabee on the issues of abortion and traditional marriage and I believe does not fully understand the threat that Islam, Islam-inspired and Islam-supported terrorism are to the Western civilization.

Shining God’s Light on the Koran

This article is part of an on-going series contrasting the Judeo-Christian Bible with the Koran on a variety of topics. Previous articles include: "Was Abraham a Jew or a Christian?", Idolatry 101, 102, 103, Oneness, Unbelievers, God's Character, The Resurrection, The Proclamation, The Judgment, The Creation of Man, The Creation of Woman, and The Fall of Man: Part 1-The Command, Part 2 – The Disobedience, and Part 3 – The Consequence.

The Fall of Man - Part 4 – Its Ramification

in the Koran it appears that the disobedience of Adam and Eve affected the whole earth. In the Holy Scripture it appears that all that God created in six days was affected by their disobedience. The Koran and Holy Scripture differ in how they deal with the situation.

THE KORANIC ACCOUNT

There is very little mentioned in the Koran about the result or ramification of the fall of man.

The Koran states: “God brings the creation into being and will then restores it (1).”

“It is He who brings the Creation into being, and will then restore it: that is easier for Him (2).”

“Know that God restores the earth to life after its death (3).”

THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT

On the other hand, the Holy Bible has a great deal to say about mankind and the world condition after the fall.

The Holy Bible says: I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come to mind. (4)

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. (5)

The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (6)

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (7)

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the tree. (8)

Of old, You have laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They shall perish, but you shall endure: yes all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shall you change them, and they shall be changed: But you are the same, and your years shall have no end. (9)

Having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (10)

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. (11)

COMMENTARY ON THE RAMIFICATION

The Koran states that God created the earth, yet at some time the earth will need to be renewed. Perhaps the writer of the Koran knew that when Adam and Eve sinned the whole earth was affected. The Koran does not say specifically why the earth needs to be renewed except that when the earth dies he (god) will renew it. Renewing the earth is easier for the god of Islam than the alternative. However, the Koran does not state what that alternative is. Those who are afraid the earth will die can take courage that when the earth does die the god of Islam will apparently remanufacture it. For a god who only has to say ‘be’ and it is. (12) How is it easier to remanufacture the earth than to create a new one?

The Holy Scripture, on the other hand, clearly states that God will discard the present universe and create a new one. No remanufacture of earth for the true God of the Holy Bible. Why is this? The Apostle Peter writes in the New Testament that righteousness will dwell in the new heaven and earth. This means that sin dwells in the present heaven and earth. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God sin became an integral part of matter to the farthest extent of creation. No amount of refinement of the elements in the universe can get sin out of the matter. God created the universe out of nothing and to nothing it will return. Scientists have discovered that the universe is running down. The term for this process is entropy. Things go from a higher state of order to a lower state of order or disorder. Given enough time the universe will cease to exist. However, God will destroy the present universe at the time of His choosing before it runs down.

It was necessary for Jesus to die and shed his blood to reconcile the universe to God. This is because sin is in the creation from the time of man’s disobedience to God. Much innocent blood has also been shed including America’s recent abortion holocaust since 1973 which has further defiled the nation and the earth.

Jesus became sin on the cross that those who believe in Him would be reconciled to God. To believe in Jesus you must believe that He is God in flesh, the only begotten Son of God, sinless, born of a virgin, raised from the dead, that he received the wrath of God for your sins on the cross.

Jesus shed his blood so that you can be reconciled to God. If you are not reconciled to God, you can be by confessing to God that you are a sinner and inviting Jesus into your heart. A sample prayer is: “Lord Jesus Christ forgive me of my sin and come into my heart.”

REFERENCES

1. The Koran Page 284 Paragraph 30:11
2. The Koran Page 285 Paragraph 30:27
3. The Koran Page 382 Paragraph 57:17
4. The Holy Bible Isaiah 65:17
5. The Holy Bible Isaiah 66:22
6. The Holy Bible II Peter 3:10-13
7. The Holy Bible Revelation 21:1
8. The Holy Bible Isaiah 34:4
9. The Holy Bible Psalm 102:25-27
10. The Holy Bible Colossians 1:20
11. The Holy Bible II Corinthians 5:17-21
12. The Koran Page 47 Paragraph 3:48

Are You Aware of the Dangers of the RU 486 Drug?

I heard the following disturbing report on the Family Research Council’s Washington Watch Radio Broadcast today. I added my comment in CAPS and italics to the transcript of the news story below.

“The French (wouldn’t you know it) abortion pill, RU486 has been on the market since the Clinton Administration approved it back in 2000. It has become increasingly common alternative making abortion a more self-administered act.

“A recent Guttmacher (Institute - one of Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s – PPFA - related organization, so you have to take everything they say with more than a grain of salt – they are prone to lie as a matter of course, of course!) 'study' (poisonous propaganda) found that the overall number of abortions is declining in the United States (okay, the good news. But there should not be any!), but RU486 induced abortions (here comes the bad news) are on the rise at a rate of 22% a year and account for 14% of all the abortions in this country (I imagine resulting in more, not less total abortion, to the perverted joy of the PPFA).

“What you don’t hear (of course – any you never will with the complicit media covering up the tracks of the evil abortion ‘criminals’) are the SEVEN (7) DEATHS in the United States from RU486 and the HUNDREDS of cases of women ho have had SEVERE BLEEDING from the drug, many ending in hospitalization.”

As I listened to and thought about this terrible situation, I wondered by the Bush Administration did not immediately reverse the approval of this harmful drug. This is but one of the failures of the so-called “compassionate” conservative President. Has the President perhaps aimed his compassion at the Pharmaceutical industry, or at least turned a blind eye to the many unfavorable outcomes related to RU486?

TAKE ACTION

Write or email the White House demanding that this flawed and murderous drug be removed from the market immediately by email @ comments@whitehouse.gov or by phone @: 202-456-1111 or my snail mail @ The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500.

America’s most egregious human rights violation

On Tuesday, this week, there were thousands of protesters attending the March for Life event in Washington, D.C., which marked the 35th anniversary of the dreadful and evil Roe v. Wade decision. That unenlightened (lack of) judgment has precipitated the tragic extermination of 50 million babies between 1973 and 2008. This is truly an American Holocaust!

One of the speakers hit a “home run” when he made the following terse and pointed statement:

“Abortion is a HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE against the weakest and most vulnerable. There are TWO VICTIMS in every abortion and it is time to recognize the INCONVENIENT TRUTH that abortion EXPLOITS WOMEN.” [emphasis mine]

- Hon. Christopher Smith, (R-NJ) Washington, D.C.

Obama on Abortion & the Florida Democrat Primary

Abortion is the New Slavery

Steven Ertelt editor of LifeNews.com wrote on Wednesday that Senator Barack Obama said that he is worried the U.S. Supreme Court is just one vote away from overturning Roe v. Wade, which in reality gave women the right to destroy their unborn children for nearly any reason anytime prior to the birth of their child.

Ertelt also quotes Senator and Democrat presidential candidate as saying, "Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, it's never been more important to protect," legalized abortions.

In citing the very real possibility that the next President might have an opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice, Obama wants to be sure to protect a woman’s right to choose (to kill her baby via) abortion. Obama said that "Roe v. Wade is about more than a woman's right to choose; it's about equality."

A MATTER OF EQUALITY

You are right Senator Obama. Abortion is a matter of equality. Just as slavery was a matter of equality. You, my friend, whose father was a black man, should be aware of this. Abortion is the new slavery. Just as black human beings were being treated as sub-humans, so too do you and other pro-aborts, pro-death squads treat the unborn as sub-humans. We must free the children, Senator Obama, so that they would be able to have a chance at life just as you and I have had!

Free the children!

Abortion No More!

Stop Abortion Now!

VOTING: ON A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH

People of Florida: if you are considering voting in today’s Democrat primary election either boycott the election or vote “None of the Above” because Rodham-Clinton, Edwards and Obama share Obama’s position on abortion outlined above.

It is their composite desire to protect the woman’s right to “privacy,” to protect a woman’s right to kill her baby and to protect this newly invented civil right. If this trio of murderous accomplices were really concerned about equality they would be striving to protect the innocent victims of abortion – the 50 million plus slashed and flushed down the sewers of this depraved society.

Abortion Stops a Beating Heart!

Roe v. Wade: Something to Celebrate?

"Abortion Party" a cartoon by Gary McCoy found on GOPUSA

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"Abortion party" has a double meaning. First, all across this land abortion is still "legal" and the extermination of thousands continues to occur on a systematic basis. Physicians who are called to help and to heal, instead snuff out the lives of unborn children. They deny the right to life, which is the most basic of all rights for all Americans, even to the most vulnerable, the most defenseless, the most innocent of all. All across America Tuesday they celebrated the killing with more murders. Shame on you, "doctors."

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The second meaning of "abortion Party" is that it is an apt description or label for the Democrat Party, for baby-killing is one of their preeminent party planks. The Democrat Party leadership holds as sacred a woman's right to kill, to murder her baby for any reason anytime prior to birth. Rudy Giuliani should be considered an honorary member of the Party of Abortion because he honors a woman's right to choose to exterminate her baby, too. His stand on this issue in and of itself DISQUALIFIES him from holding the office of President of the United States. Warning to the GOP: If you put forth Mayor Giuliani as your nominee, count on me not voting for your candidate in November.

Sin City (Hotel) Burns

Modern Day Gomorrah?

Thankfully no one apparently has been killed in this late morning fire. Los Vegas markets itself as Sin City. The picture of the luxurious hotel burning should cause no one to shed a tear.

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This mob-infested and corrupt place, which makes its money on gambling and prostitution and calls it entertainment, is just asking for the judgement of God upon itself. This fire should be a reminder of just what will eventually happen to all riches . . .

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Or could it be punishment to the people of Nevada for voting for Hillary Rodham-Clinton and Mitt Romney?

Hunter Endorses Huckabee

Earlier in the week Representative and former Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter endorsed Governor Mike Huckabee for President. Another candidate who quit the same race, Fred Thompson is likely to endorse his gumba Senator John McCain, who is more liberal or moderate than conservative on a number of issues.

To me an endorsement by Duncan Hunter means something. I highly respect Congressman Hunter and felt that he was the best candidate in the GOP field. Hunter had a choice to select any of the five remaining candidates. If he did not seriously think that Governor Huckabee would be strong on abortion, traditional marriage, immigration and national defense he would not have given his endorsement to him.

Newest NewsBusted: Anti-War Protest Failure

NewsBusters is a conservative news and comedy website. Here is just one of their bits from their current episode. See right panel of this blog and click on the video to watch this 2-3 minute comedy YouTube.com video.

“Speaking of failure, Politico.com reports that anti-war activist groups are now admitting that they have lost their fight to end the Iraq War.

“Democrats, lost the fight to surrender?

“How perfect!”

- - - NewsBusted, Episode 134

Mike Huckabee on Meet the Press, part 2

Last week, in part 1, I talked about the Huckster’s compromising position on abortion.

I actually agreed with some other things Friar Huck said in that interview. He said that he would be in favor of using military force in Pakistan to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. He said that he would try not to turn it into a war with whole nation of Pakistan. I think it is refreshing to hear a candidate say something like this with all the hateful rhetoric out there. I want the President to be someone who will pursue justice while minimizing the loss of innocent life, and avoid overthrowing governments and costly nation building.

However, Huckaberry Fin still believes in this war in Iraq which has unnecessarily cost thousands of innocent lives.

As I pointed out last week, he talks out of both sides of his mouth on abortion.

Huckabee raised his hand when the question was asked “Who does not believe in evolution?” But later he said that he did not know "how or when God created".

Huckabee has said, “I am a 10th amendment candidate.” But he believes in the “No Child Left Behind” program which oversteps the authority of the federal government and pours money into a system that teaches evolution as fact.

This is all reminiscent of Bush in the 2000 campaign saying that he did not believe in “nation building”.

Bush also said in the 2000 campaign that he was pro-life, but at the same time he said would chose the most qualified judges and not use abortion as a “litmus test”. I believed him, so I didn’t vote for him. He spoke out against taking innocent life for the purpose of saving others (in reference to funding embryonic stem cell research), but yet he believes that abortion should be legal in cases of rape and incest.

Bush also said that he was against gay marriage, but then appointed a homosexual to an office for AIDS policy and got cozy with the Log Cabin Republicans.

We should learn a lesson from all of this.

The main blogger, Gregjaye, pointed out that Huckabee is making some bold statements against homosexuality.

Can we really believe him?

Notice that Friar Huck did not say anything about being against civil unions, anti-discrimination laws based on sexual orientation, and didn’t say that he would never appoint a homosexual to an office.

I heard that Huckabee refused to answer a question about whether Christians were the only ones going to heaven. He is both morally and financially bankrupt.

Why not vote for a man who supports the returning our government to its constitutional roots and comes right out says what he believes without any hypocrisy. (I am speaking of Ron Paul, of course.)

For six, nearly consecutive years, we had a Repuplican President, a Republican Congress, and the majority of the Supreme Court Justices were appointed by Republican Presidents (it was and still is six to three, in fact). And yet abortion remained legal, and the amount of taxpayers' dollars that went into Klanned Parenthood actually increased during that time. More money was spent by the federal government during those six years than all previous administrations combined!

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?

James 2:14-16 (ESV)

Please don't elect another Bush clone!

Abortion is not a political issue. It is a moral issue.

Abortion is just plain wrong!

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The following photo is from the Pharmacists for Life International (PFLI) website. PFLI had a presence in Washington, D.C. at the annual March for Life yesterday. For thirty-four years the pro-life movement has been marking the anniversary of the notoriousm nefarious and deadly Roe v. Wade misinterpretation of the United States constitution. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, in this case it depicts 50 million needless deaths.

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America's Holocaust, 1973 - 2008

50 Million Human Beings Exterminated

Stop the Murder Now!

Who is Dana Jacobson? The Vulgar & Vicious Vixen of ESPN

According to the Chicago Tribune Dana Jacobson, the female Keith Obermann want-to-be sports babe on ESPN2, whatever that is, used the “F” word in mocking Jesus Christ on January 11 at some kind of public sports roast of two radio personalities. Well she subsequently made a weak apology. Her bosses apparently suspended her for a week. Is that sufficient punishment?

What if she would have used that same expression mocking Muhammad or Buddha or Martin L. King? She would be burned at the proverbial stake. What do the practitioners of political correctness do? In the evolved and convoluted world of the leftist media and its kissin’ cousin, academia, we must be tolerant of all EXCEPT the Christian, Christianity, Jesus and the true God. And you tell me over and over again, my friend, the main stream media and the liberal left is not biased against true Christianity!

See other recent articles related to this post: Dana Jacobson Roasts Jesus, ESPN anchorwoman: 'F--- Jesus', and ESPN Anchor Gets One Week for 'F--- Jesus' Rant

Man of the Year (2006)

Robin Williams stars in the “Man of the Year,” which is a movie about a man who on a whim runs for President of the United States as an independent candidate. We may be facing such a situation this year where a Mayor Michael Bloomberg or a Congressman Ron Paul or some other independent candidate might make a run for the presidency.

Robin Williams' character, Tom Dobbs, is able to get on the ballot of 13 states and receives enough votes to get elected, only to find out there was a glitch in the programming of the new Congress-mandated electronic voting machines. Tom Dobbs is also a comedian, who his own political TV talk show. Isn’t it ironic that most of the candidates running for office this year are themselves jokes and bad actors? A comedian running as a politician is a very good analogy, indeed.

LESSONS LEARNED

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With this year being an important election, there are a few lessons that we could learn from this movie.

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The movie brings up the distinct possibility that under the right circumstances an independent presidential candidate might just be able to win an election with only a relatively few key states. Also, if the federal government keeps interfering in the election process and dictating mandates to the states, such a bizarre occurrence as dramatized in the movie could also happen.

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The federal government, especially Congress, should keep its grubby, power grabbing hands off of the election process, which is a matter for the states and local entities to handle. After all the federal government seems to always have a reverse Midas touch, everything they touch gets screwed up! That is why I am so leery of their involvement (meddling) in education, welfare, health care or other non-federal areas of responsibility. The move should be toward less government, not more!

Moreover, we must be very careful in going to paperless ballots. Make the voter accountable for insuring that he or she cast his or her vote properly. Let there be a paper trail or stick with the punch card ballots instead of the paperless electronic ballots which have no paper trail. All that sore-loser Algore did in crying over and contesting the 2000 election results was to inspire Congress to take foolish, interfering and unnecessary action in dictating that we should move away from the punch card ballots, which served us well for years. The liberal whining and tantrums ruined an otherwise effective system. States that converted to electronic and touch screens are now converting back. What a foolish waste of resources.

The movie also does a good job of showing corporate greed and deceit. It shows the struggles of one whistle blower. It also illustrates some positive character qualities or virtues of the lead characters.

RATING

I would give this movie a rating of *** out of *****. It was an interesting movie a comedy, drama with suspense. However, I would not purchase this movie. I borrowed the movie from a public library. The movie uses some vulgar humor, which is not really necessary.

Additionally, as an Amazon review noted, “the film doesn't take advantage of (Robin) Williams' natural humor or charm. He at times appears to be chomping at the bit to unleash a comedic tirade or two, only to be held back by stiff lines.” “Man of the Year” is a good movie for any political junkie or fan of Robin Williams. I recommend it with reservations. It is not suitable for young children (under 13) or immature teens.

Fred Thompson Drops Out of Race

It seemed like Fred Thompson never was really in the race for president. He seemed to be sleepily going through the motions. He never seemed fully engaged. He fell short of being a real conservative. For example, he was supposedly pro-life, but would not support a federal Human Life Amendment.

Since Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo dropped previously, there are really no true conservatives left. I could not and will not vote for John McCain, Mitt Romney, or Rudy Giuliani. It seems that Mike Huckabee is the closest to a conservative as we are going to get this year from the GOP. Huckabee says the right things about abortion and homosexuality, the two most critically important issues to me.

Abortion: America’s Great Atrocity Continues

March for Life, Mansfield, Ohio 1/20/08

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Isn’t 35 Years of Murdering Babies Long Enough?

Today is the anniversary of Roe versus Wade. It has caused a Holocaust of the dimension of the most ruthless dictators and evil nations that have ever existed. Roe v. Wade is the greatest perpetuation injustice and "un-law" ever foisted on the citizens of this nation.

Congressman Jim Jordan is 100% pro-life. Being 100% pro-life is a basic requirement of any office holder in America. He emphasized two things. First, the sanctity and the preciousness of life is what the founders of our country recognized. What is great about America is that most Americans recognize this. He reassured the audience that the pro-life movement is making progress. We recognize that man was created by God with certain inalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The right to life is the most basic, the most fundamental right on which all other rights are based. He asked, “Can you have true liberty and freedom if government does not protect that most fundamental right to live?”

The second point he made is that the supporters and activists in the pro-life movement lobby to a great extent on their core principle and beliefs, He noted that most people who come to him come with some financial motive in mind. They come to their elected representatives for what they could gain for themselves. They want some particular legislation or amendment or changes in the law that will benefit them. Many in the pro-life movement interact with their elected officials only because it is the right thing to do.

He encouraged the audience noting that the number of lives taken in America by abortion was at an all-time low last year. He admonished the audience to stay positive and focused and committed to the task at hand. He also warned the audience that they should never expect fair treatment from the media, the press. He shared that 1990 more than 500,000 people attended the March for Life on the Mall in Washington, D.C. and there was nary a mention in the Washington Post and other major newspapers. The pro-life cause will never get a fair shake in the media, but the truth is on our side. In relation to the media bias, he quoted conservative journalist Cal Thomas who said that every morning he gets up and reads the Bible, and then he reads the New York Times. He does this because he wants to stay abreast of what both sides are up to.

Congressman Jordan compared the pro-life movement as being the David and pro-abortion movement as being a seeming giant, a Goliath. Unlike the attitude of the people of Israel who did not take up the challenge from the mighty, powerful Goliath, we need to take David’s approach. David when he heard the people say that the giant Goliath was too big to fight, he reacted saying he is so big I cannot miss him. That is the kind of attitude we all need to have in this battle to protect human life. That is why in the end we will be successful.
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Newest NewsBusted: Environmental Hypocrites

NewsBusters is a conservative news and comedy website. Here is just one of their bits from their current episode. See right panel of this blog and click on the video to watch this 2-3 minute comedy YouTube.com video.

“A study by researchers in England shows that people who claim to be environmentally conscious are actually the biggest polluters.

"Algore could not be reached for comment as he was busy flying in his private jet back to his giant mansion.”

- - - NewsBusted, Episode 133

Carding the voter, a no-brainer

It seems clear to me that requiring that the voter present photo identification when they vote is a reasonable requirement and expectation. To rent a DVD, or to purchase a package of cigarettes or a six pack of beer, or to cash a check require a photo identification to insure the person is qualified to make a purchase because of age or to furnish proof that you are who you claim to be.

To oppose the photo identification of the voter is to either be complicit in potential illegalities and irregularities or to sabotage the election process itself. If it is your desire to permit multiple voting or to permit illegal aliens or other unregistered voters to vote than you would be against the voter identification. I am convinced that there is a nefarious intent behind the opposition to voter identification.

I saw an article on NewsBusters.com this afternoon written by Ken Shepherd, which cited a story on the Politico Blog about MTV's Rock the Vote (RtV) project submitting a friend-of-the-court brief in favor of overturning a law requiring voters furnish photo identification before casting a ballot in the state of Indiana.

Shepherd concluded his article with these words, “By filing a brief in support of a Democratic lawsuit aimed at striking photo ID requirements, RtV shows a disregard for its ostensible non-partisan mission, as well as disrespect for conservative and Republican MTV viewers who care about guarding the electoral process from abuse by voter fraud.”

It seems to me that RtV, the Democrat Party and other left wingers want to be able to count the votes of the dead, the unregistered, felons, the illegal aliens in November, perhaps just as it is alleged is done in Chicago during every election.

ACLU stands 'tall' in bathroom stall case

A Michael Ramirez cartoon, Investors.com, 1/22/08

The ACLU: Separating morality and state!

(Absurdistan, formerly known as the U.S.A.) The vile American Civil (losing) "Liberty" Union (ACLU) once again comes to the aide of corruption. In this case the ACLU has filed a brief to defend Senator Craig’s bad behavior in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. If Craig is a party to this suit, he is is more corrupt, more guilty than I thought.

According to OneNewsNow.com’s Allie Martin, “The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a legal brief supporting Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho), who was arrested last summer by an undercover police officer during a bathroom sex sting at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Senator Craig was accused of tapping his feet and swiping his hand under a stall divider -- signals that are allegedly used to solicit sex.”

Allie Martin of OneNewsNow.com reports that “the president of Americans for Truth, Peter LaBarbera, says an argument by the ACLU that people who have sexual relations in public bathrooms should expect privacy, is absurd -- but not surprising.”

Taking on this case is just further proof that the ACLU cares only for the ‘liberties’ of Americans who partake in the most devious and anti-American of behaviors. For example, they rigorously fight for the rights of pornographers to poison our children’s minds, and they savagely fight for the removal of all icons of Christianity by intimidating school principals and school boards all under the guise of the nefarious ‘separation of church and state’ invented legal gag, and on and on.

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Shining God’s Light on the Koran

This article is part of an on-going series contrasting the Judeo-Christian Bible with the Koran on a variety of topics. Previous articles include: "Was Abraham a Jew or a Christian?", Idolatry 101, 102, 103, Oneness, Unbelievers, God's Character, The Resurrection, The Proclamation, The Judgment, The Creation of Man, The Creation of Woman, and The Fall of Man: Part 1-The Command, Part 2 – The Disobedience.

The Fall of Man – Part 3 – The Consequence

The Holy Bible and the Koran agree that God was not pleased with the conduct of Adam and Eve in eating the forbidden fruit.

THE KORANIC ACCOUNT

The Koran states the situation in this way:

“Their Lord called out to them, saying. ‘Did I not forbid you to approach that tree, and did I not say to you that Satan was your inveterate foe? They replied, ‘Lord, we have wronged our souls. Pardon us and have mercy on us, or we shall surely be among the lost!” (1)

“Then Adam received commandments from his Lord, and his Lord relented towards him. He is the Relenting One, the Merciful. (2) He said: Get down hence, and may your descendants be enemies to each other. The earth will for a while provide your dwelling and your comforts. There you shall live and there shall you die, and thence shall you be raised to life.” (3)

“Then His Lord had mercy on him; He relented towards him and rightly guided him. ‘Get you down, both;’ He said, ‘and may your offspring be enemies to each other”. When My guidance is revealed to you, he that follows it shall neither err nor grieve; but he that rejects My warning shall live in woe and come before Us blind on the Day of Resurrection. “Lord,” he will say, “why have You brought me blind before You when I had once been clear-sighted?”’ He will answer: ‘Just as Our revelations were declared to you and you forgot them, so on this day you are yourself forgotten.’ Thus shall We reward the transgressor who denies the revelations of his Lord. But the scourge of the life to come is more terrible and more lasting. (4)

“Children of Adam: We have given you clothes to cover your shameful parts, and garments pleasing to the eye; but the finest of all these is the robe of piety.” (5)

THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT

The Holy Scripture records the account of Gods displeasure in this way:

They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. The Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him. “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden and was afraid because I was naked and I hid myself. He said, who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded you that you should not eat?” The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.” The Lord God said unto the woman. “What is this that you have done?” The woman replied, “The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.” (6)

The Lord God said unto the serpent, because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. Upon your belly you shall go and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel, unto the woman he said I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception. In sorrow you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you. To Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and eaten of the tree which I commanded you saying, “you shall not eat of it; cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you and you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return unto the ground. For out of it you were taken: for dust you are and to dust you shall return.” (7)

The Lord God then made them coats of skins and clothed them. (8)

The Lord God said, “Look, The man has become as one of us to know good and evil. Now, to make sure he doesn’t eat of the tree of life and live forever.” Therefore the Lord God sent him away from the Garden of Eden to till the ground. So He drove out the man and placed at the east of the Garden of Eden a Cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life. (9)

COMMENTARY ON THE CONSEQUENCES

The god of the Koran approaches Adam and Eve in a scolding way, while the God of the Holy Bible in an authoritarian way asks questions. In the Koran god says, ‘Did I not forbid you to approach that tree, and did I not say to you that Satan was your inveterate foe?’ In the Holy Scripture God asks questions of Adam and Eve but never the serpent. God asks, “Adam where are you?” “Who told you that you were naked?” “Have you eaten of the fruit I commanded you not to eat?” To Eve God said,”What is this that you have done?”

In both the Koran and in Holy Scripture God pronounces judgment. The Koran states that the descendants of Adam and Eve would be enemies of each other, that the earth would provide their dwelling and comforts where they would live and die. In Holy Scripture God begins his judgment by cursing the serpent above all the animals of field and forest. Upon his belly the serpent is to travel and eat dust all the days of its life. He puts hatred between the descendants of the woman and the descendants of the serpent. The woman is given sorrow in childbirth, her desire would be for her husband, and he would rule over her. The ground was cursed for Adam’s sake and in sorrow he would eat of it all the days of his life. Thorns and thistles would grow for him and he would sweat to eat his food and return to dust at the end of life. Adam lost his position as caretaker of the Garden of Eden and was driven from it to practice agronomy else where.

In the Koran Adam and Eve are given a promise of hope for obedience and a promise of disaster for disobedience. In the Holy Scripture Adam and Eve are given the promise of hope. The Koran says that though Adam and Eve die yet they will be raised from the dead. On the Day of Resurrection those who have followed the guidance in the Koran will not err nor grieve but those who do not will live in terrible woe. In the Scripture God says that the woman would have a descendant crush the head of the serpent (Satan) but the serpent would bruise the heel of the woman’s descendant. This passage, Genesis 3:15, is the first promise in Scripture of the Messiah.

In the Koran and in the Holy Bible Adam and Eve are provided clothes by God. In the Koran the children are addressed by telling them what fine and lovely clothes they were provided. In the Holy Bible God killed animals and took their skins and made clothes for Adam and Eve. Thus, God is the first furrier, and it came as a necessity resulting from man’s disobedience to God. This also shows there is nothing wrong in conducting the furrier business (contrary to what the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) may say).

The Koran states that piety is the finest clothes one can wear. Presumably this is what Adam and Eve wore while they were naked. Scripture says they were not ashamed.

The Koran records Adam and Eve as begging for mercy and god relented and was merciful. He told them they would rise from the dead. In Holy Scripture no record is made of Adam and Eve begging for mercy. But, they do try to pass the buck. Adam claims it is God’s fault and the woman’s fault. Adam claimed manufacture liability and product deficiency. He said, “This woman whom YOU gave to be with me did give me and I did eat.” Ironically, God does not strike Adam dead on the spot. He is already dead spiritually; separated from God forever. The woman, Eve, says she was deceived by the serpent. She was also spiritually dead; separated from God forever. Likewise, all of Adam’s descendants were then born spiritually dead; separated from God. God then promises them a savior and through faith in that promise they looked forward to being reunited to God. From this point on the descendants of Adam and Eve had hope in this promise and looked forward to the coming Messiah. Thus, God took full responsibility for the conduct of His creation.

That promise was fulfilled with the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If you are spiritually dead you can receive eternal life by confessing to God you are a sinner and inviting Jesus into your heart. A sample prayer you can pray is: “Lord Jesus Christ, please forgive me of my sin and come into my heart.”

References:

1. The Koran Page 110 Paragraph 7:22,23
2. The Koran Page 13 Paragraph 2:37
3. The Koran Page 110 Paragraph 7:24
4. The Koran Page 226 Paragraph 20:124,125,126,127
5. The Koran Page 110 Paragraph 7:25
6. The Holy Bible, Genesis 3:8-13
7. The Holy Bible, Genesis 3:14-19
8. The Holy Bible, Genesis 3:21
9. The Holy Bible, Genesis 3:22-24