This was no Christian act!

'One of America's most prominent abortion doctors has been gunned down as he worked as an usher at his church during a Sunday morning service.
Dr George Tiller, one of only three US doctors who perform late-term abortions, was shot in front of his wife, Jeanne, who was in the choir.
The 67-year-old doctor survived an assassination attempt when he was shot and wounded 16 years ago and his clinic in Wichita, Kansas, has often been the site of anti-abortion demonstrations.'

Much as I despise people like George Tiller and much as I understand the motivation of the killer, this is just NOT the way forward!

WWJD. What would Jesus do? - I really do not think that kicking over the temple tables equates!

I am puzzled however. What was George Tiller doing in a Church in the first place?

It is rather like a serial killer being welcomed into The House of God whilst still known to be massacring people on the side.
I think that under the circumstances, being there to repent is one thing - being made welcome in what sounds suspiciously like one of those appalling liberal churches is quite something else!

LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1189915/Controversial-late-term-abortion-doctor-shot-dead-US-church.html

Who is my neighbour?

Even in churches, I am not sure that people today really grasp the significance of the parable of The Good Samaritan.

Jesus told the story against a backcloth of racial hatred. The Samaritans were not so much gentiles as 'renegade Jews'. They were hated and despised.

So when Jesus told a story where the Samaritan was the hero and the Jewish religious people were cold and unfeeling - the story would have caused a tidal wave in a rockpool.

It was meant to!

2nd in latest poll.

Don't forget to vote UKIP on Thursday. The polls are improving!

Oversight.

Ronnie Biggs to repay proceeds of Great Train Robbery after ‘genuine oversight’

Notorious Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, has announced that he is to return the proceeds gained from the 1963 multi-million pound train heist in an attempt to restore public confidence in the once honourable criminal classes.


[Taken from NEWSBISCUIT.]

Manchester United.

Unlike many, I am not rejoicing in Manchester United's failure against Barcelona.

Nonetheless, the Manchester United/Premier League phenomenon profoundly upsets me.

I object to players being paid more in a week than many fans earn in three or four years.

I object to teams teeming with foreign players - two or three maybe, would be acceptable!

I object to the player power which arose from The European Court's ridiculous Bosman Ruling. The knock on effects to smaller clubs have been horrendous.

I object to the people who associate themselves with giant clubs with which they have no connections whatsoever by geography, family or tradition.

I object to the principle in football of 'buying' success.

I object to the control that SKY TV has over sporting events.

I object to the costs of going to a football match - they are obscene and directly linked to the appalling wages.

For me however, the worst thing is seeing youngsters in Sheffield, Scunthorpe, Barnsley et al decked out in Man Utd kits because parents have fallen into 'glory seeker mode'. It is actually offensive, poor parenting and teaches children a message that disloyalty to your local area is acceptable.

To the fans who live in Manchester and to all the genuine expats - sorry you lost!

To the others ......shrug!

Missing link - more hokum from Attenborough!

IDA HYPE FAILS TO IMPRESS, according to articles in Live Science, Science NOW and Access Research Network, The Guardian and Wall Street Journal.
The small primate fossil nicknamed Ida was launched into the public eye with a blaze of media hyperbole involving a Museum show presided over by Mayor Bloomberg of New York, a Google logo, a David Attenborough documentary, and a website named 'Revealing the Link'. But the media “made monkeys of themselves” and many palaeontologists were not impressed with the extravagant claims, which include being called the “eighth wonder of the world”, along with aggrandizing statements by the following: Jorn Hurum, Norwegian fossil scientist, University of Oslo Natural History Museum: "This is the first link to all humans ... truly a fossil that links world heritage."
My thanks to Creation Research.

I hate racism.

I detest racism and having seen a black police officer abused in appalling fashion by a Millwall fan in the wake of the League One Playoff Final, I can only congratulate him on his demeanour and calmness.

Mind you, I must admit that the anti-racism types usually make my flesh creep!

The Church of Scotland.

I note with more than a little disquiet that the General Assembly of The Church of Scotland has decided to make Christianity optional in areas of leadership so as to accomodate itself to the modern world - which after all, knows far more about life, the universe and everything than God could possibly do.

What is really important?

As I prepare for Wembley and to find out by the end of the day whether my cherished football team are in The Championship next season or are languishing amongst the also rans of League One, I stop to try to take stock of what really matters in life - and it sure ain't football.

I think of a number of bereaved friends; those suffering from severe or chronic illnesses; the desperate need to turn politics around; our dealings with our fellow man; world poverty; our own health - whether mental or physical and all of those tragic people who are heading to a Godless eternity.

Yet sports and other passtimes have the effect of letting us pretend that something, which in the great scheme of things is not really all that vital, has an importance. It helps us to turn off for a while.
I think that deep down we all know that that importance is shallow and ultimately meaningless and yet it can help to divert us on occasion from the tedium and the negatives of life.

So. If I come back later disappointed - at least I shall know that Shankley's claim that football was more important than life and death was wrong.
Should we win - I shall be immensely cheered for a while but will never forget that the things of earth are but temporary shadows and in the final analysis, only heavenly values truly matter.

25th of May. Indeed, yesterday was a good day but there are plenty more in any given year!

Unfit for purpose.

"The Archbishop of Canterbury today calls for an end to the 'systematic humiliation' of MPs over the expenses scandal.
Dr Rowan Williams says such intense scrutiny of politicians' spending habits could threaten our democracy." Daily Mail.

Just what is the matter with this man? It seems that if there is a wrong thing to say, do or think - then he is guaranteed to make the wrong call. When he takes a stance on an issue, it is invariably bad for Christianity, democracy or basic justice.

Time to go!

Marta.

Last evening, the Spaniard Marta Andreasen was on Question Time and did very well for someone for whom English is a second language.

For readers unaware, she is standing for the European Parliament on behalf of UKIP and as a Number 2 candidate has a good chance of election.

Her history is interesting, to say the least.

She was the Chief Accountant in Brussels who first refused to sign off the accounts. For her principled stand and genuine 'whistleblowing' - she was sacked. Neil Kinnock was behind this if reports are to be believed.

She exposed the corruption, fraud, double dealings and institutional dishonesty of the EU.

She paid a heavy price and deserves to be elected on June the 4th. I wish her well.

Incidentally, she was invited to speak just 3 times during the programme - William Hague 14 times!

No BBC bias there, eh?

Free will.

I have been meditating around the question of free will in recent days and the first point is that Man would not be Man without free will; he would be an automaton or superior kind of android.

Bible teaching is clear that Man abused his free will and this caused the Fall which allowed evil into the world. Clearly the individual must take ultimate responsibility for his own actions but that does not prevent his actions adversely affecting those around him in the meantime.

It is fundamental that the problems arose for all from disobedience to God.

All of this is basic and so I have tried to think around what things I would change in the world if I had a magic wand and could make four or five mega changes to the world.

It is strangely difficult as there are so many areas where you feel that you may be crossing the Will of God with such interference.

Certainly, the abolition of war is one area that could be considered but it is possible to consider circumstances where war is the lesser evil.

What about illness? How righteous would it be to abolish disease and thereby remove something which is so often a direct consequence of sinful behaviour? Could you discriminate?

I do not know the answers to these points and is Man meant to sort out hunger himself?

Hmm. Tricky.

Just so you know.

The Conservatives smears about UKIP.

As honest as their MPs!
The Conservative party has published a leaflet about UKIP failing to defend British interests — here UKIP sets the record straight with the truth!
1. The Conservatives say: UKIP Let down their supporters. They returned 12 MEPs in 2004, but completely wasted their opportunity. Their MEPs have been characterized by in-fighting and scandal; as a result, one third of their MEPs have left or been expelled
The Truth: Unlike the Conservative Party, where people have proved that they do not deserve the trust of voters, they have been expelled from the UKIP group.
2. The Conservatives say: UKIP Badly let down British fishermen when they failed to ppose a plan put forward by Spanish and French MEPs to scrap the Shetland Box, a protected fishing zone for British vessels .
The Truth: The Conservatives voted with Labour, Lib Dems and Scots Nats to allow British vessels to catch 40% of the quota in the Shetland Box. UKIP believes that British vessels should have the right to catch 100% of the quota in the Shetland Box. The Conservatives voted to give Spanish & French vessels 60% of the quota.
3. The Conservatives say: UKIP have failed to crack down on EU fraud and corrupttion — one MEP has been sent to prison for benefit fraud and another is under investigation by the police over fraud allegations.
The Truth: Ashley Mote was elected but never took his seat as a UKIP MEP: he was expelled from UKIP as soon as the party discovered that he had failed to declare that he had been charged with fraud before the election. Tom Wise was suspended from the UKIP group as soon as the party was aware that allegations of fraud against him and a Conservative candidate he employed as a researcher were under way. UKIP will always take action against those who break faith with voters. In contrast, the Conservatives have 3 MEPs, including their group leader, under investigation for misuse of expenses, and have been forced to fire another.
4. The Conservatives say: UKIP have failed on their promises—they said they opposed new countries joining the EU from Central Europe because it would lead to a ‘flood of migrants’ that would be ‘bad for Britain’. But their former leader Roger Knapman MEP has revealed to be employing Polish builders to renovate his home.

The Truth: UKIP have consistently voted against the expansion of the EU and the right of unlimited immigration to the UK that that brings. The Conservatives have consistently supported expansion, and eagerly want Turkey to join, giving another 100 million people the right to live and work in the UK. Cheap comments about specialists working on a private home some border on xenophobia.
5. The Conservatives say: UKIP have failed to oppose barmy EU regulations— including a directive to monitor whether employees were exposed to too much sun.
The Truth: If the Conservatives hadn’t taken Britain into Europe, or had opposed the Single European Act, there wouldn’t be barmy regulations to oppose. Occasionally UKIP do miss pieces of legislation, but as the European Parliament has only a consultative role on most EU legislation, it doesn’t matter whether it passes or rejects it: if the Commission wants the legislation, it can pass it even if the parliament disagrees.6. The Conservatives say: UKIP let down small firms when they failed to support plans to cut EU red tape.

The Truth—The Conservatives hav e promised in every manifesto since 1983 to reduce EU red tape and take powers back from Brussels. In the intervening 25 years, of which they were in government for 14, not a single power has been repatriated. In the year to April 2009, the European Commission introduced 2754 new laws, the vast majority of which the Conservatives supported.
7. The Conservatives say: UKIP have failed to convince their own supporters—Robert Kilroy-Silk joined UKIP in 2004, but left a year later, describing the party as ‘a joke’ that he was ‘ashamed’ to belong to.
The Truth—Yes, Robert Kilroy-Silk left UKIP to sit as an independent, but he didn’t consider the party a ‘joke’ when he desperately sought the leadership. He left because he did not win.
8. The Conservatives say: UKIP have failed to promote British businesses — for example, they have voted against an initiative to ‘name and shame’ countries that fail to apply the common rules of the EU’s internal market and against calls to open up global markets with a new world trade deal
The Truth—UKIP believes that Britain should have a global outlook, not just a European one. EU trade negotiations actively damage Britain’s interests because we are tied into all the pointless and expensive legislation that goes with membership of the European Union.
9. The Conservatives say: UKIP’s leadership have failed—the former chairman of UKIP in Wales has said: “the moral integrity of a number of people at the top left much to be desired.”
The Truth—Former Welsh chairman and leadership contender Richard Suchorzewski joined UKIP after the 2004 elections, having formerly been a Conservative candidate. He has now returned to the Conservatives. After losing the leadership election to MEP Nigel Farage, he was offered a senior post, but declined, preferring to resign instead after having been a UKIP member for less than 18 months. He maintained close links to the Conservatives during his UKIP membership, which may explain his comments.
10. The Conservatives say: UKIP have failed to stick to their guns—UKIP leader Nigel Farage surprised many in a debate in the European Parliament with Tony Blair when he said “If you can reform the European Union, Mr Blair, then I may even change my mind and think it is worth staying”
The Truth—Tony Blair, during the British presidency of the European Union, passed over 3,000 pieces of EU legislation into British law. He is a supporter of the euro and a Federal Europe, like many Conservative MEPs and MPs. Mr Farage was, of course being sarcastic, and the use of a truncated, out of context quote is simply typical of the Conservatives leaflet—it is fundamentally dishonest

Dealing with bad behaviour.

Heard of Tom Wise MEP? - Well he was UKIP. Suspected by the party of dodgy financial dealings he was investigated, made to pay the funds back and then had the whip withdrawn in Brussels.

Heard of Ashley Mote MEP? - He contrived to conceal ongoing criminal charges against him which he did not declare at his selection.

The whip was withdrawn.

Wrongdoing? - Sorted out by UKIP without waiting to be pushed.

Different innit?

Nice one Dave!

David Cameron has gone onto the attack against UKIP as he sees his Tory, EU Election lead under threat.

He has recently pointed out that UKIP did nothing in the EU Parliament in 1996 to protect the name of Stilton cheese.

Tragically, he is perfectly correct!

This may have more than a little to do with the trivial fact that UKIP gained their first MEPs in 1999!

BNP charm offensive.

It was stated on local radio this morning that the BNP are insisting that the Gurkhas should leave.
Oh dear!

15% - isn't!

Some of the recent polls for the EU elections suggest UKIP are on 15%. This is only apparently the case as these are the raw figures. When filtered down to those likely to vote, it comes much nearer to 20%.

15/16% would give UKIP slightly fewer seats than last time with the number of EU seats having been reduced.

Get up to around 23% voting and there would be a major shift - a few more than that and UKIP are in with a chance of becoming the largest party.

Please encourage all your friends, family and colleagues to vote and network to others to do the same.

For the first time in my stay on this planet, we have an opportunity to change the status quo - such times in British politics may well be once in a lifetime opportunities.

One more proof of the truth.

Read The Old Testament and one thing strikes you immediately is that it hides nothing.

Look at all the old time 'heroes' and what you see is ordinary people, many who did great things but they all had feet of clay: Adam, Cain, Jacob, Moses, Abraham, Saul, David inter al

Look at the New Testament and what do you find? - The disciples are all profoundly flawed. Jesus could hardly have picked a bigger bunch of losers to change the world: Doubting Thomas, boastful Simon Peter, 'Give-us -the-best-place-in-heaven' James and John. Then look in Mark's Gospel alone at the number of times Jesus had told the losers what would happen in Jerusalem - and they were ready to pack it all in between the crucifixion and the resurrection!

Truth looks just like that!

Not namby pamby.

'Jesus loves you!' - I wonder how many times that you have heard that?

'He loves you just as you are'. - I wonder how many times you have heard that?

I also wonder how many times you have heard what, I might suggest, is the full version:


'Jesus loves you, He loves you as you are BUT He loves you too much to want you to stay like that!'

Well: it made me think! - Phew!

'The Beginnings'

"It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the English began to hate .

They were not easily moved,
They were icy willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English began to hate.

Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English began to hate.

It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English began to hate.

It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When shall count from the date
That the English began to hate."

Comments section of the ST, by someone called 'Angry Brit'.

[Thanks, Jo.]

Pap!

I have watched The Da Vinci Code film at last - when I first had the opportunity to see it without paying for the dubious privilege. What a load of unadulterated codswallop!
It is based on silly gnostic 'gospels' written several centuries after the originals.

The ideas propounded border onto, and cross the line of, blasphemy

Lincoln said: "You can fool some of the people all of the time; all of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time."

Anybody who believes the pap of this film/book must be a real simpleton.

Octopi do evolutionary hypothesis few favours.

'95 million year old' octopi have been discovered, fossilised.
In the words of Evidence News, this is as likely as finding 'a fossil sneeze'.
Few creatures rot as quickly as an octopus and so a rapid, catastrophic event will have been necessary for them to have been enveloped and deposited into 'cretaceous' limestone.
Hmm. Catastrophic event, you say?
- Yes. And also these rather aged creatures have not changed from the modern cephalopods. Hmm.
Always remember - evolution is not scientific fact. It hardly ranks as an opinion - it is a belief system!