Ecclesiastes 3:19-21 “For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?”
‘Climate-change alarmists are also concerned about animals like cows delivering methane and CO2 into the atmosphere. Another creature causing climate change concerns is the elephant. But criticism of the effects caused by elephants would not be politically correct, as the particular species concerned is currently facing extinction.
The African Forest Elephant is the smallest of the three extant species of elephants – the other two being the African Bush Elephant (which is the largest), and the Indian Elephant. Forest elephants live mostly in the forests of West Africa, and, while feeding, cause a considerable amount of damage. As they are uprooting their favorite plants and gathering hundreds of types of fruit, many of their food sources are destroyed. If forest elephants were more common, I can imagine a culling exercise being proposed to save their forests, but their scarcity has encouraged further scientific research. This research has shown that the type of trees that the elephants damage are faster-growing trees which do not “soak up” as much carbon dioxide as the slower-growing trees which the elephants ignore. Computer projections have suggested that if the forest elephant became extinct, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere might increase. So, fortunately for climate-change alarmists, a politically correct reason to save the elephant can be argued. A biblical case for saving the forest elephant would be different and would reflect our concern to be good stewards of God’s creation.’https://creationmoments.com/sermons/elephants-cause-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elephants-cause-climate-change&mc_cid=a02f84e3df&mc_eid=00c1dcff3c
I came into this world in 1945 as a male and have been a male now for seventy five years. Now, you may think I have lost a few marbles in those years for even saying such but that is the state of things in todays society. Some are ‘demanding’ that a sex or gender not be assigned to a baby when born but the choice be made when the child is old enough to choose for themselves. What idiocy. Anyway, the article today discusses the America of 1950 to the America of 2020. Personally, in my own opinion, in so many ways it was better in the 1950s BUT that’s me.
‘If you could go back to 1950, would you do it? There would be no Internet, no cellphones and you would only be able to watch television in black and white. But even though they lacked many of our modern conveniences, people genuinely seemed to be much happier back then. Families actually ate dinner together, neighbors knew and cared about one another, and being an “American” truly meant something. Today, we like to think that we are so much more “advanced” than they were back then, but the truth is that our society is in the process of falling apart all around us. Could it be possible that we could learn some important lessons by looking back at how Americans lived 70 years ago? Of course there has never been any era in our history when everything has been perfect. But without a doubt, things are vastly different today than they were back in 1950… In 1950, Texaco Star Theatre, The Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy were some of the most popular shows that Americans watched on television. In 2020, a Netflix film entitled “Cuties” is so trashy and so disgusting that four states have sent a letter to Netflix asking for it to be removed because it is “fodder for those with criminal imaginations, serving to normalize the view that children are sexual beings.” In 1950, television networks would not even show husbands and wives in bed together. In 2020, “adult websites” get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined. In 1950, people would greet one another as they walked down the street. In 2020, Americans are too enamored with their cellphones to be bothered with actual human contact. In 1950, gum chewing and talking in class were some of the major disciplinary problems in our schools. In 2020, kids are literally gunning down police officers in the streets. In 1950, people would make an effort to dress up and look nice when they would go out in public. In 2020, most of the population has become utter slobs and “People of Walmart” has become one of our most popular memes. In 1950, the typical woman got married for the first time at age 20 and the typical man got married for the first time at age 22. In 2020, the typical woman gets married for the first time at age 27 and the typical man gets married for the first time at age 29. In 1950, a lot of people would leave their homes and their vehicles unlocked because crime rates were so low. In 2020, many that live in urban areas are deathly afraid of all the civil unrest that has erupted, and gun sales have soared to all-time record highs. In 1950, Americans actually attempted to parent their children. In 2020, we pump our kids full of mind-altering drugs and we let our televisions and our video games raise our children. In 1950, Baltimore was one of the most beautiful and most prosperous cities on the entire planet. In 2020, Baltimore regularly makes headlines because of all the murders that are constantly occurring. Of course the exact same thing could be said about many of our other major cities. In 1950, 78 percent of all households in America contained a married couple. In 2020, that figure has fallen below 50 percent. In 1950, about 5 percent of all babies in the United States were born to unmarried parents. In 2020, about 40 percent of all babies in the United States will be born to unmarried parents. In 1950, new churches were regularly being opened all over the United States. In 2020, it is being projected that 1 out of every 5 churches in the U.S. “could be forced to shut their doors in the next 18 months”, and the mayor of Lubbock, Texas just said that opening a new Planned Parenthood clinic is like starting a church. In 1950, we actually had high standards for our elected officials, and people actually did research on the candidates before they cast their votes. In 2020, more than 4,000 people in one county in New Hampshire voted for a “transsexual Satanic anarchist” in the Republican primary, and she is now the Republican nominee for sheriff in Cheshire County. In 1950, children would go outside and play when they got home from school. In 2020, our parks and our playgrounds are virtually empty and we have the highest childhood obesity rate in the industrialized world. In 1950, front porches were community gathering areas, and people would regularly have their neighbors over for dinner. In 2020, many of us don’t know our neighbors at all, and the average American watches more than five hours of television a day. In 1950, Americans used words such as “knucklehead”, “moxie” and “jalopy”. In 2020, new terms such as “nomophobia”, “peoplekind” and “social distancing” have been introduced into the English language. In 1950, the very first credit card was issued in the United States. In 2020, Americans owe more than 930 billion dollars on their credit cards. In 1950, one income could support an entire middle class household. In 2020, tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs and filed for unemployment, and more than half of all households in some of our largest cities are currently facing “serious financial problems”. In 1950, the American people believed that the free market should govern the economy. In 2020, most Americans seem to believe that the government in Washington and the Federal Reserve must endlessly “manage” the economy. In 1950, “socialists” and “communists” were considered to be our greatest national enemies. In 2020, most of our politicians in Washington have eagerly embraced socialist and communist policy goals. In 1950, the U.S. Constitution was deeply loved and highly revered. In 2020, anyone that actually admits to being a “constitutionalist” is considered to be a potential domestic terrorist. In 1950, the United States loaned more money to the rest of the world than anybody else. In 2020, the United States owes more money to the rest of the world than anybody else. In 1950, the total U.S. national debt reached the 257 billion dollar mark for the first time in our history. In 2020, we added 864 billion dollars to the national debt in the month of June alone. In other words, we added over three times more to the national debt in that one month than the total amount of debt that had been accumulated from the founding of our nation all the way to 1950. In 1950, most Americans were generally happy with their lives. In 2020, the suicide rate is at an all-time record high, and it has been rising every single year since 2007.’https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=4290
Things have changed and most are not for the good. One answer to the problem may be 2Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
1Corithians 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
It’s my own opinion, that today’s Christianity is in utter confusion when a song by Dolly Parton hits #1 on the Christian charts! Yes, ‘She might now be 74, but that has not slowed Dolly Parton, with her new song, “There Was Jesus”, going to number one.
A known Country music star, Parton collaborated with Zach Williams, who also wrote the song. This is Parton’s first number on the Christian charts.
“Having a No. 1 record at any time is a great thing, but having a No. 1 faith-based record during these crazy times is even greater,” Parton tells Billboard. “I feel humbled and blessed to be part of this wonderful song with Zach Williams. It does my heart good to know that we have touched the lives of so many people.”’https://mychristiandaily.com/dolly-parton-hits-number-1-on-billboards-christian-charts/
The world has disfigured John Newton’s Amazing Grace in so many different ways but the words continue to draw people’s hearts and attention back to God and His Word.
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Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch; like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.
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’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed!
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The Lord hath promised good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures.
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When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we first begun.
We usually don’t appreciate or miss something until it is taken away. So it is with speech. ‘The anti-discrimination system in Tasmania is a wrecking-ball to free speech, as a farcical situation surrounding Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler has demonstrated. The Senator’s opinion piece for the Hobart Mercury, advocating that women and girls’ sport should only be for the female sex, now sees her effectively gagged and dragged before an anti-discrimination tribunal.
“The Anti-Discrimination Commission is acting beyond power, and in a way that threatens the functioning of our democracy,” ACL Tasmanian Director Christopher Brohier said today. “The Commission’s action against the Senator effectively silences all Tasmanians who wish to speak the truth on these issues.
“The Australian Constitution contains an implied freedom for all Australians to engage in political communication. This is essential for the functioning of our democracy. That freedom bars all governments from gagging Australians speaking truthfully in public.
“The ACL has consistently called for the repeal or restriction of such gag laws in Tasmania and Australia. Senator Claire Chandler’s case shows why. Laws should be repealed or ruled unconstitutional if they attack an MP for discussing an issue of great concern to her constituents. As Senator Chandler has said, this case is an attack not only on the freedom of speech but an attack on truth.”
Here I go again! The Australian state of New South Wales Department of Education has gone completely MAD! If it wasn’t for a few politicians that are still sane most of us wouldn’t know what madness is taking place with government approval. ‘Here’s what happened: The head of NSW Education Dept Mark Scott sent out email endorsing Wear It Purple Day, urging all teachers to get involved. Then Dept sent out dozens of guides for anti-science gender fluidity teaching, from USA, Victoria + the Safe Schools materials. The guides included penis tucking and bra padding advice for boys wanting to go female, plus groups like Minus18 (advocates for ‘breast binding’ and cross dressing) and GLSEN (‘fisting’, telling 12YOs how to put fist up backsides).This is ‘back to basics’ under Gladys!!Then NSW Teachers Federation wrote to its members distributing other anti-science gender fluidity guides to use on kindy kids +. It said, “For the first time, the Department of Education has acknowledged and is encouraging teachers to be involved in Wear It Purple Day. NSW Govt supposedly abolished Safe Schools in 2017 but Education Dept staff kept working on compiling a full library of this rubbish from around the world. Then under Mark Scott’s endorsement they sent it to teachers behind Internet wall. The public was not supposed to find out. Two things need to happen today: 1. Mark Scott has to be sacked, as responsibility for pushing dangerous gender fluidity teaching on children as young as 5YO rests with him. 2. Establish independent audit of Education Dept and NESA to clear this rubbish out, once and for all.’ https://www.facebook.com/MarkLathamsOutsiders/posts/4335743559800283
Here is real education; Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
The Western world has gone stark raving mad! Here in Australia and New South Wales in particular the state government has been, it seems, taken over completely by leftist loony lovies.
‘NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham says whilst the state economy collapsed by 8.6 per cent, senior treasury officials were instead interested in PC rubbish. “This rubbish has got to go out the window,” Mr Latham told Sky News host Alan Jones. The NSW Department of Treasury have recently hosted Treasury Pride Network training day, where amongst other things, the treasury’s economic strategy deputy secretary suggested to scrap the term ‘hi guys’ in favour of the more politically correct ‘welcome folks’. “The idea that a senior treasury official just days before it was announced in the June quarter the NSW economy collapsed by 8.6 per cent … what she was working on in work time, was to say you can’t say husband or wife, you’ve got to say partner,” Mr Latham said. “It beggars belief that someone that should have a laser like focus on job creation is interested in language control. “There’s no jobs in language control, there’s no jobs in PC. “It’s clear that Gladys Berejiklian runs the public sector like a social work seminar.”’https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6188425707001?fbclid=IwAR2VGeZlqPZUr_7rnLWcWyvTh1WSsIFIWhUOGE94Pe5h7ausg364wcPU8IQ
Well, surprise, surprise! For once Macron and I can agree.
‘Macron is entirely correct. Too many countries have grown accustomed to being delicate with Islamic sensibilities and have allowed Islamic special interest groups to terrorize their societies by defaming and demonizing critics of Islam and those who offend the religion, and even moving toward criminalizing such criticism. Canada’s “anti-Islamophobia” Motion M-103 is a shameful example of that.
Macron’s comments follow the republication of Muhammad cartoons by Charlie Hebdo. Meanwhile, France foiled “at least 6” jihad attacks in recent months, and French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that “radical Islamic terrorism still posed the biggest security threat to France,” and that fighting “against Islamist terrorism is a high priority of the government.”
In June, French forces killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, a highly influential leader in the al-Qaeda Maghreb, who called for a “gentler, kinder” al-Qaeda to establish Sharia, not only in North Africa but worldwide.
France has also tried to palm off its Muslim migrant problem on Britain, which is a backhanded way of indicating that it is coming to recognize what a big mistake it made in the first place in implementing globalist open-door policies. What France should be doing is deporting illegal Muslim migrants and unapologetically protecting its borders from the hijra, as does Hungary.
“Macron decries ‘Islamic separatism’, defends right to blaspheme,” Associated Press, September 4, 2020:
French President Emmanuel Macron criticised what he called “Islamic separatism” in his country and those who seek French citizenship without accepting France’s “right to commit blasphemy”.
Macron on Friday defended satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which published caricatures of Prophet Muhammad that helped inspire two French-born men to mount a deadly January 2015 attack on the paper’s newsroom.
The weekly republished the images this week as the trial began of 14 people over the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and on a kosher supermarket.
Speaking at a ceremony on Friday celebrating France’s democratic history and naturalising new citizens, the French president said: “You don’t choose one part of France. You choose France … The Republic will never allow any separatist adventure.”
Freedom in France, Macron said, includes: “The freedom to believe or not to believe. But this is inseparable from the freedom of expression up to the right to blasphemy.”
Noting the trial that opened on Wednesday, he said, “To be French is to defend the right to make people laugh, to criticise, to mock, to caricature.”
The 2015 attacks killed 17 people and marked the beginning of a wave of violence by the ISIL (ISIS) armed group in Europe.
The China virus isn’t enough for some Australian politicians but that they MUST also have Chinese financing. After getting their state and territory into DEEP debt both the Northern Territory and Victoria seem to have bowed to China and its Belt and Road initiative. In October, 2019 the Northern Territory ‘Chief Minister Michael Gunner secretly signed an agreement with Chinese officials while on a trade mission to China late last year that his office has refused to explain, the NT Independent can reveal.
Photos obtained by the NT Independent taken at the “Reaching South” event in Shenzhen last October, show Mr Gunner signed a document with an unidentified Chinese official in a ceremony that until now was never disclosed.
The incident has raised concerns around Mr Gunner’s possible links to a Chinese Communist Party-affiliated front organisation and his deep connections to Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews’ office – that was recently found to have signed up to China’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative without notifying the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
This is scary! What in the world are a supposedly free territory and state in Australia getting into the debt bed with a murdering totalitarian atheistic God hating Bible denying communist nation? Australians MUST wake up before it is too late!
Reports of the ‘death’ of coal have been greatly exaggerated, with the economic powerhouses of Asia – China, Japan and India – building new plants hand over fist.
The pattern across Asia is unmistakable; unreliable wind and solar have been snubbed in favour of coal-fired power plants, with new nuclear plants running a close second.
Don Dears takes a look at the resurgence of coal as the power source of choice in any country serious about delivering reliable and affordable electricity to businesses and households.
Don’t Ignore Coal
Power for USA
Donn Dears
14 July 2020
Don’t ignore coal. Other countries aren’t.
In fact, the new high efficiency low emission (HELE), ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plants are being built in China, Japan, India, and elsewhere.
These power plants operate at very high temperatures and pressures, with an efficiency of 45% HHV. This compares with the existing fleet of coal-fired power plants in…
The Marxist, Muslim, Leftist, Liberal, Lovies seem to be running the universities of the Western world. For example, ‘A longtime economics professor at Wright State University who has repeatedly requested permission to teach a class critical of Marxism has been rebuffed by his bosses and peers who appear unwilling to allow the topic to be taught to the general student population.
Meanwhile, the university frequently offers courses that praise Marxism, economics Professor Evan Osborne told The College Fix.
Osborne said the “short version” of his predicament “is that we have an angry, radical-left cohort in the department, they praise Marxism in the classroom, they will not let me teach critically about it, and numerous people in the university have refused to do anything about it.”
While Osborne has recently been given permission to teach the class this fall to honors students, he is not allowed to open the class to the entire student body, he said. Only honors students may enroll in honors courses.
Osborne has been able to teach his class once before, as an honors course in fall 2014. Again, only honors students were permitted to enroll.
After the class went well, Osborne said he proposed it as an economics elective or as a special topics course that any business student could enroll in. Today, all these years later, his battle to open the course to all such students continues, he said.
“That my department is full of extremists who probably don’t belong in a business-college economics department, to be sure, is a manifestation of academic freedom,” Osborne told The College Fix via email. “And I do not want to change how economics is taught at WSU, broadly speaking. I just want my academic freedom to offer a different view to also be respected.”
