Sunday, January 30, 2005

The True Freedom Fighters

The success of elections in Iraq confirms the wisdom of President George W. Bush’s political philosophy, namely, that freedom is a universal aspiration of all peoples of the world. No amount of threat and intimidation from the murderous terrorists, whom the liberal press reporters such as Chris Matthews love to call “freedom fighters,” could stop the brave Iraqi people from going to the polls to exercise their right to vote. President Bush, in a brief address today, cited the courage of the men and women of Iraq. The true freedom fighters are the millions of peace-loving Iraqi citizens, allies of the United States, and not the radical terrorist thugs of Zarkawi, Bin-Laden and their ilk.

Friday, January 28, 2005

Media Goes Into Hysterics Over SpongeBob

Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family said in a speech last week in Washington during an event sponsored by the Family Research Council that,
"SpongeBob is one of 100 popular animated characters that may have been co-opted by an innocuous-sounding group to promote acceptance of homosexuality to children. The group, the We Are Family Foundation, has produced a video slated for distribution to 61,000 public and private elementary schools; it features SpongeBob, Big Bird, Barney and others singing the old disco hit 'We Are Family' and spreading a message of 'diversity and unity.'"
The Media went into a frenzy over Dr. Dobson's comments, mischaracterizing his statement as a particular attack on the cartoon character "SpongeBob" for being gay. The response of the old Media can only be described as hysterical, and it only reveals the following: the media will viciously promote and defend homosexuality; the media will obscure the truth from the public and prey on the public's sentimentality; the media will use slander and distortion of facts to destroy the critics of homosexuality. It also illustrates the "idol" status of cartoon characters and television characters in general.

I uphold that homosexuals are persons with God-given rights and value equal to any other human being. I also uphold that the practice of homosexuality is abhorrent. I agree with Dr. James Dobson that "tolerance" and "diversity" are buzz words for promoting the gay agenda. They are a Trojan Horse.

Thursday, January 27, 2005

Make it Easy to Change Hearts

On the anniversary of Roe Vs. Wade, President Bush told a pro-life rally in Washington that a "culture of life cannot be sustained solely by changing laws. We need, most of all, to change hearts."

Established government is a major influence on the hearts and minds of the people. Some people take their morality from what is legal. The government can teach compassion and life by what it protects and affirms. If it allows the wanton destruction of human life, including life of the unborn, then how can it change hearts toward a culture of life?

Anne Coulter in her article says that "it's time we changed a few judges."

I agree with Anne. The best way to sustain a culture of life is to change a few judges, so that Roe Vs. Wade can be repealed, and make it easier for people to change their hearts about abortion.

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Hiding It From Parents

Abortion is such a protected right that even parents are denied the right
to know if their minor child is having an abortion. First the schools
encourage children to be promiscuous by distributing condoms in public
schools. Then, when those measures fail to prevent conception, and young
girls become pregnant, they are encouraged to abort by Planned Parenthood
and their school counselors without the young girls' parents having to be
informed of such a major life issue. Abortion is a wedge that divides
families, divides society, and disrupts the entire social order. It
strikes at the heart of the culture.

Monday, January 24, 2005

Darwinism Continues To Topple

The liberal media appears to be shocked at the onslaught upon their idol of Darwinism. In an editorial today at The Washington Post, "God and Darwin" it reads,
"Perhaps partly as a result, a startling 55 percent of Americans --and 67 percent of those who voted for President Bush -- do not, according to a recent CBS poll, believe in evolution at all."
The editorial attributes those statistics to the efforts of the proponents of intelligent design. The New York Times launched a similar editorial and concluded its piece,
"That said, in districts where evolution is a burning issue, there ought to be some place in school where the religious and cultural criticisms of evolution can be discussed, perhaps in a comparative religion class or a history or current events course."
When the two leading liberal elitist newspapers feel compelled to respond to the disturbing statistics, we know that Darwinism continues its demise as a respectable scientific theory.

The New York Times and The Washington Post assert that Intelligent Design has a lack of research and scientific publications. That will change. Darwinism is akin to a sinking ship. It cannot hold up under its own weight, and the wedge of truth has been driven into it by Dr. Philip E. Johnson.

Sunday, January 23, 2005

The Trojan Horse of Tolerance

In ancient Greek legend, the city of Troy withstood for ten years a siege by the Greek soldiers who were attempting to rescue Helen who had been abducted by a prince of Troy. Odysseus, a Greek hero immortalized by the blind poet Homer, is credited with the idea of taking the city of Troy by leaving on the city's shores outside the city gates, a large wooden horse as a gift, while the Greek ships feign retreat and sail away from Troy. Inside, Greek soldiers waited until the wooden horse was taken into the heart of the city by the unsuspecting Trojans. The city of Troy was annihilated.

Tolerance of others is a virtue and is something good and positive, but tolerance has been used as a Trojan horse to smuggle in attitudes that lead to a loss of shame and a loss of sensitivity. This is done everyday, in the heart of the culture, among young minds in the public school system, as the virtue of tolerance is exalted over and above patriotism, individual freedom, and religious liberty, as practices formerly regarded as shameful are given the unusual status of civil rights, and shameful practices are taught and encouraged among the youth, all in the name of tolerance. Soon, the Pledge of Allegiance is to be replaced by The Pledge of Tolerance. Shame and sensitivity are ambushed, innocence is annihilated and sexual perversion is eventually legitimized in society.

Saturday, January 22, 2005

Rev. Billy Graham Prays at the Inauguration

America's evangelist, eighty-six year-old Billy Graham, led the prayer service at the conclusion of the presidential inauguration at the National Cathedral. Rev. Graham has been credited with inspiring George Walker Bush to give up drinking at the age of 40 and to become a born-again Christian.

Following is the text of Rev. Graham's prayer:
"Shall we pray.

Our Father and our God:

We thank You that the last event of this historic week is a time of worship, a time to hear Your word, to pray, and to declare our dependence on You.

In the quietness and calmness of this great cathedral turn us away from everything that will distract us and help us to focus on our need of You.

We remember that it is written in the scriptures, “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain.” Our Father, we acknowledge Your divine help in the selection of our nation’s leaders throughout our history and we believe that in Your providence, You’ve granted a second term of office to our president, George W. Bush and our vice president, Richard Cheney. Their next four years are hidden from us, but they’re not hidden from You. You know the challenges and opportunities they will face. Give them a clear mind, a warm heart, calmness in the midst of turmoil, reassurance in times of discouragement, and Your presence always.

We pray for their families and we ask for Your protection and care for them during the pressures of these next four years. Renew our vision, restore our faith, rekindle our desire to love and to serve all humanity. May we never forget that one day we each will stand before You to give an account of what You’ve entrusted to us.

Finally, our Father, we pray for our nation, and our world. We thank You for those who have sacrificed their lives to give us our freedom and we pray for those who continue to serve our nation in places of great conflict and danger. Above all, we join today with millions about us across this torn and confused world in praying for peace. Thank You for the overwhelming compassion that our leadership and our country have shown toward the suffering in Southeast Asia.

And now, may this service become a time of commitment for each one of us as we rededicate ourselves to You and Your will for our lives.

We pray this in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen."


Friday, January 21, 2005

The Inaugural Prayer of Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell

The Following is the text of the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell's prayer after President Bush was sworn in:
"Let us pray, please.

O Lord God almighty, the supply and supplier of faith and freedom:

How excellent is your name in all the earth! You are great and greatly to be praised!

O God, as we conclude this Fifty-fifth inaugural ceremony, we conclude it with an attitude of thanksgiving.

Thank you for protecting America’s borders. After all, as the Psalmist reminds us, unless you, O God, guard the territory, our efforts will be in vain. Thank you for our armed service personnel and it is with unswerving thanksgiving that we pause to remember the persons who have made the ultimate sacrifice to help ensure America’s safety. Thank you, O God, for surrounding our personnel, their families, their friends, and our allies with your favor and your faithfulness. Deploy your host from heaven so that your will for America will be performed on earth as it is already perfected in heaven.

I confess that your face will shine upon the United States of America ...granting us …peace and economic prosperity particularly for the weary and the poor. I also confess, O God, that each American’s latter days will be better than their former days. Let it be unto us according to your word.

Rally the Republicans, the Democrats, and the Independents around your common good so that America will truly become one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, justice and equal opportunity for all, including the least, the last, and the lost. Bless every elected official right now.

O God, I declare your blessings to shower upon our president, George W. Bush. Bless him, his family, and his administration. I once again declare that no weapon formed against them shall prosper.

And God, forgive us, forgive us, forgive us for becoming so ensnarled in petty partisan politics that we miss your glory and block our purpose.

Deliver us from the evil one, from evil itself, and from the mere appearance of evil. Give us clean hearts so that we might have clean agendas, clean priorities and programs, and even clean financial statements.

And now unto you, O God, the One who always has been and always will be, the One King of kings, and the true power broker, we glorify and honor You.

Respecting persons of all faiths, I humbly submit this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen."

The Name They Tried To Suppress

The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, pastor of Houston's Windsor Village United
Methodist Church, capped the second inauguration of President George W.
Bush with a prayer that the atheists represented by Michael Newdow tried to
suppress. They knew that Rev. Caldwell would pray, as in the first
inauguration of the President, "in the name that is above all other names,
Jesus the Christ." Rev. Caldwell did so yesterday, as a man who believes
in the supremacy and sovereignty of his God. Atheists would have the
individual be subservient to the state, so much so that the individual
should suppress his own expression of faith in deference to the state. The
atheists claim that this is American tradition, the so-called separation of
Church and State. Nothing could be more un-American than the subservience
of the individual to the state. Reverend Caldwell's God is the God who
defers to no one, and God does not expect His servant and spokesman to be
silent about the "Name that is above all other names" in subservience to
men. The prayer of Reverend Caldwell at the inauguration of the President
of the United States is pure liberty. The individual exercised his
God-given right of religious expression and called out to God, invoking His
name over the head of state who was duly elected by a people of diverse
beliefs, over the objections of a vocal minority who don't believe in God
anyway.

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Let's Not Pretend

In his inaugural address President George W. Bush stated, "America will not
pretend that jailed dissidents prefer their chains, or that women welcome
humiliation and servitude, or that any human being aspires to live at the
mercy of bullies."

One of those bullies is China. Let's not pretend that China is a friend
just because it promises to be a huge market for American made goods. The
following is from The Voice of the Martyrs:
"Mengyu Tang is only 27 years old and serving a six-year sentence in prison in China for starting an unregistered Sunday school. Like Li Ying of China, Pastor Nguyen Quang of Vietnam, and Parvez Masih of Pakistan, Tang’s bold spirit is reflected in the words of Peter and John when they said, 'We ought to obey God rather than men.'(Acts 5:29)."
China is one of the world's oppressors. It is ruled by a tyrant Communist regime that has no respect for religious liberty.

A True Leader of Men and Nations

President George W. Bush was sworn in for a second term at noon today by
Chief Justice William Rhenquist. The President's inaugural speech followed
his oath of office. I listened to the speech on radio. The President
spoke of the historical significance of America in the world, of America as
the embodiment of human freedom and dignity, of liberty and freedom as the
highest ideals and unifying philosophy that guide America in the world and
at home, for the present and for the future. He spoke to the oppressed
people of the world, encouraging them in their quest for liberty. He
warned the dictators of oppressive regimes that America will not stand idly
at their tyranny. He honored the friendship of America's allies. He
addressed his fellow citizens, especially the youth, and spoke to them
about the need for "idealism", and for them to realize that "life is
fragile, evil is real, and courage triumphs." He asked them not to be
looking for "the wealth of the country, but for its character." He
addressed the need for economic independence as the foundation for liberty,
and as such, emphasized the need to reform the great institutions of Social
Security, Education, Health Insurance. He talked about the need for
service, of the ideal of "Liberty for All", including the "unwanted" (a
reference to the unborn targets of abortion). He did not leave out
addressing his political enemies and the need to heal the divisions. "Those
divisions do not define America," the President emphasized.

President George W. Bush is a true leader of men and nations.

The full text of the President's Inaugural speech.

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Springer Trying To Grow Up

Former Cincinnati mayor and TV talk show host Jerry Springer kicked off a
liberal radio talk show this week. He is known more from his TV shows. His
TV show has capitalized on the debased culture, featuring on-the-air marital
squabbles, sordid extra-marital affairs, transvestites, and so on. He
spends week after week in his TV show featuring these sensational images
of adults on adolescent temper tantrums, and then spends the last five
minutes with a palliative like, "Let's be peaceful and understand each
other," patronizingly disclaiming such sordid behavior.

Now, Springer is trying to gain some respectability, and says that his
radio show won't be anything like his TV show. He says, "Even though I
realize my views are left of center and are left of Cincinnati, I also
thought there has been a level of respect where people say 'I might not
agree with Jerry but that's an interesting point and here's why I
disagree...'" Springer said, "But it's a grown up conversation and that's
all talk radio has to be."

Without the power of images to prop him up, let's see if Springer can wrest
enough sense and logic from failed liberal policies to attract a more
"grown up" kind of audience from that of his TV following. The same goes
for the other liberal talk shows on radio trying to replicate the success
of pioneer conservative talk radio. Liberalism relies heavily on images,
placing great emphasis on form over substance. That is why the visual media
has been the liberals' playground for decades, while conservative ideas
have taken deep roots in radio. In my opinion, liberal talk radio will
not be as successful as conservative talk radio.

Substituting Images For Logic

The "documentary" Fahrenheit 9/11, is a classic example of the use of the power of images to "smuggle in" opinions and slander against political enemies through the back door of consciousness, through suggestion and innuendo. The Democratic Party has hailed Michael Moore as their hero despite the absolute lack of factual basis for the purported documentary created by Michael Moore. This only highlights the Party's lack of substance. In Liberalism, which is the guiding ideology of The Democratic Party, images matter more than substance. This explains the Party's symbiotic relationship with the media. The media's power rests in their ability to "smuggle in" opinions and suggestions, not by the force of logic or argument, but by the power of images, the so-called "spin", in other words, by the use of propaganda. Fahrenheit 9/11 is truly more propaganda than a documentary.

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Which Countries Are The Most Free Economically

We are used to thinking of the United States as the Land of the Free. Freedom does not only mean political freedom, but more especially, it means economic freedom. Economic freedom is the basis of all other freedoms. Without a free economy, a nation cannot have a strong economy, or a strong military, and without a strong military, it cannot have the freedom to pursue its cultural and social ideals within its national boundaries and the world.

Since the late 1980's The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal have been compiling a set of fifty economic indicators and called the result the "Index of Economic Freedom" and applied it to 161 countries of the world.

Ana Isabel Eiras, a Senior Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation analyzes the 2005 result of the Index of Economic Freedom. She writes that the Index shows that the United States is loosing its economic freedom. It is no longer in the top ten of the most economically free countries in the world. Other countries such as Australia, Chile, and Iceland have surpassed the U.S.A. in economic freedom. Among the main reasons for this are high taxes and high government spending.

Sunday, January 16, 2005

They Feel Pain Too

"An unborn child has less legal protection from feeling pain
than commercial livestock," says a paper published by the National Right To Life. It quotes from the law:

"In a slaughterhouse, a method of slaughter is deemed legally humane only if 'all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical, or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut.' (Section 2 of the Humane Slaughter Act, 7 USC 1902)."

"By contrast, D&E abortions, performed as late as 24 weeks (well after the child begins to feel pain), involve the dismemberment of the unborn child by a pair of sharp metal forceps.(9) Instillation methods of abortion (performed even in the third trimester) involve the replacement of up to one cup of amniotic fluid with a concentrated salt solution, which the unborn child inhales as the salt burns her skin. The child lives in this condition for up to an hour. In neither of these techniques is the unborn child provided with any form of anesthesia.(10-13)"

Help pass the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act.

Piggybacking on the Civil rights Movement

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great American. Dr. King courageously spoke out against the denial of basic human rights to a class or group of people on the basis of skin color or race. Dr. King came to a period of U.S. history where segregation between blacks and whites was the norm of the day, when blacks were treated as inferior to whites. Dr. King’s selflessness and sacrifice led to the toppling of institutionalized racism.

Dr. King’s activism came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the Civil Rights Movement has been yanked out of its historical context, the struggle of the American Negros for their God-given rights, and has been extended to include the homosexual struggle for legitimacy. The homosexual movement is claiming that its struggle is equivalent to Dr. King’s struggle, and they claim they are being denied a basic human right when society does not grant same sex unions the same legitimacy as traditional marriage between a male and a female.

The Civil Rights Movement would be debasing the great legacy of Dr. King by granting the homosexual rights movement the same meaning and significance as the struggle of the Black people for social and political equality. Let us not lose sight of these basic premises:

1. Homosexuals have exactly the same rights today as any other citizen of the U.S.A. In fact, some laws have been unfairly written, that have robbed other groups, such as the Boy Scouts, of their right of religious expression, just to accommodate the homosexual thirst for legitimacy. The Black people on the other hand, were being denied basic human rights, such as the right to vote.

2. The homosexual struggle is, at its root, not a struggle for equality, but a struggle for legitimacy. A homosexual is a human being with God-given rights just like any other man or woman, but homosexuality is a practice, a behavior, a preference, a choice. It has no basis in nature, such as skin color, or gender. There not three sexes, but only two. On the other hand, being blacks is a physical distinction, but which physical distinction is not a basis for inferiority, just as being white is not a basis for superiority in any way.

3. Dr. King was a Baptist minister and a champion of righteousness. He believed in the truths of Scripture and the Word of God. I believe that if he were alive today, he would speak out against the apostate churches that have made the error of assigning those who practice homosexuality a special place in the Church. The Holy Scriptures treat homosexuality as an aberration, a sin just like adultery, stealing, or murder. Dr. King would be betraying his spiritual roots were he alive today and grant the practice of homosexuality the exalted status it enjoys in today’s society.

Saturday, January 15, 2005

The Unholy Trinity Strikes Again

In Atlanta, CNN reports that a federal judge ruled that the Cobb County School District's textbook stickers referring to evolution as "a theory not a fact" are unconstitutional. The following is a quote from CNN:
"In ruling that the stickers violate the constitutionally mandated separation between church and state, U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper ruled that labeling evolution a 'theory' played on the popular definition of the word as a 'hunch' and could confuse students."

"Five parents of students and the American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the stickers in court, arguing they violated the constitutional separation of church and state."
First, note that CNN reports the issue as "constitutionally mandated" thereby adding its own bias to the "news", since the separation of church and state is not even found in the U.S. Constitution.

Second, the judge demonstrates his elitism over the intelligence of the students and the teachers in not enabling them the freedom of discriminating between "theory" and "fact". He thinks the students will be "confused" and will be won over to alternative viewpoints on origins, just by telling them that evolution is just a theory. Why not allow the students to question evolution? That is a scientific decision, and the judge is out of his jurisdiction in making it for the students. Real education happens in an atmosphere of academic freedom, not judicial oversight.

Third, the ACLU is the pitcher which throws the ball into the Federal Courts by bringing this lawsuit against the school boards.

We are here to catch the ball. Evolution is under massive assault. This unholy trinity between the Media, the ACLU, and the lackey Federal judges will topple. Darwin will be defeated and thrown into the dustbin of history. We believe as in "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" that "His Truth is marching on."

Friday, January 14, 2005

The 43rd President of the U.S.A.

On Thursday, January 20, 2005 the forty third president of the U.S.A will be sworn in to office. This is the second term of George W. Bush. His political enemies wanted so much to keep him from being re-elected. They are powerful enemies. They are in the media. They are billionaires. The master terrorist himself, Osama Bin Ladin tried desperately to influence the election. They did not prevail.

To this day, they are working to find any way to dampen enthusiasm and support for the presidency of George W. Bush. Howard Dean is decrying the amount of money being spent on the inauguration. Atheist Michael Newdow sued to stop the invocation prayer at the inaugural ceremonies, but the Federal Court dismissed Newdow's lawsuit. The invocation is more than 200 years old, and has been accepted as a most important tradition.

Cherish religious liberty, and the spiritual heritage of the United States. The Michael Newdows will not rest and cannot rest until they have done something to dismantle the historical, religious, and spiritual foundations of the United States.

Thank God openly and acknowledge Him publicly. Do not let the ACLU intimidate you. So help us God.

It is good to celebrate the inauguration of George W. Bush. The money is coming from private donors so let the liberals moan and lament because they have no part in this. I rejoice at this symbolic victory over liberalism and terrorism.

May God Bless George W. Bush and the United States of America. AMEN.

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

From Another Culture Warrior

Many thanks to Robert for his encouraging e-mail. He writes:
“All the engineers and physicists I work with absolutely believe in evolution but don't know anything at all about it. If you believe in intelligent design you're viewed as being uneducated, unintelligent, or believing in myths…Darwinism is the untouchable holy grail of science…We are definitely in a cultural war…keep up the excellent work.”

“One of the ways that I thought we could fight this fight is to show people some of the incredible creatures that no way could have come about through evolution…(like) this Javanese leaf insect. Amazing! It even mimics a rotting leaf around the edges. This insect is all the proof you need to see that someone with intelligence designed this creature. There are a lot of other examples in nature that can be used to illustrate intelligent design. Some people may eventually come around to seeing this…”


It takes a lot of intellectual honesty and humility to admit to an intelligent Designer.

One advantage of our field - science and technology - is that we are dealing with hard facts and hard figures and, as Robert mentioned, there is a superabundance of evidence in the physical and biological world for intelligent design. Soon, the scientists and engineers who are confronted with all the evidence will be forced either to admit to the evidence, or to suppress it, and in suppressing it, violate their own scientific principles of investigation. This is what is happening now as the theory of Evolution is under massive assault and its adherents bend and twist the evidence to prop up this tottering tower.

One example of this is the ever changing age of the earth. The age of the earth is continually being revised. In the 1940’s colleges taught as fact that the earth is 2 billion years old. The modern “fact” of the age of the earth is 4.6 billion years old. This is done as advances in experimentation yield more evidence that challenge the assumptions of evolution. The elite scientific community beholden to Darwinism look at the facts through the lens of their theory, and never allow any evidence to put in question the assumptions of Darwinism.

Saturday, January 08, 2005

Desacralizing the Sacred

When Mel Gibson produced "The Passion," faithfully adhering to the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the liberal press decried the millions of dollars in profit that Mel Gibson made, denouncing him for exploiting the evangelical faith.

Now, when Dan Brown creates "The DaVinci Code," a fiction based on the life of Jesus, spinning a lurid tale involving Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and props up his work with gnostic heresy, The New York Times calls his work,
"Blockbuster perfection. An exhilaratingly brainy thriller.
Not since the advent of Harry Potter has an author so flagrantly delighted in leading readers on a breathless chase and coaxing them through hoops."
--Janet Maslin
THE NEW YORK TIMES
There is no outcry from the liberal press for Dan Brown's exploitation of the New Testament for profit. At least "The Passion" was sensitive to the truth and to the faith of evangelical believers. Dan Brown's fiction flagrantly tramples on the faith held sacred by millions of believers worldwide. "The DaVinci Code" is based on ancient sources that have already been discredited in their time as falsehoods, such as the gospel of Thomas, and other gnostic writings. The liberal press praises Dan Brown for exploiting those works at the expense of the established truths of the New Testament.

Dan Brown is just an appendage in the worldwide secular movement against the Christian faith and against everything sacred. This explains his novel's success as a bestseller, and soon as a movie. The New York Times used Dan Brown's work to effectively reduce the great Christian faith down to a Harry Potter movie.

Nothing is sacred to these barbarians. The only thing close to being sacred to them is their right to trample on Jesus' name and reputation and bash His followers.

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Reach Out - Help the Tsunami Victims

A 9.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean unleashed devastating waves (tsunamis) on coastal areas throughout Asia, killing more than 155,000 people and leaving five million children and families in desperate need. World Vision is responding. So is Partners International.

World Vision is one of the most efficient non-profit organizations in the world. I have full confidence in the timely work of this organization.

Partners International is another worldwide organization committed to work in Third World countries.

I have provided links to these organizations' donation page. Look for the links on the sidebar. Let us join hands with them and help our fellow human beings in Asia.

Monday, January 03, 2005

The Message of the Medium

Dr. Ravi Zacharias in his radio message, “Mind Games in a World of Images” spoke about a culture which has substituted images and graphics for reason and logic. Thus, he observed, people in this culture are bombarded by the media with images while the written word is debased. People are not even aware of how they arrived at the conclusions and opinions they hold about other people, current events and history. Their beliefs and opinions have been “smuggled in” while watching the so-called documentaries or news images presented by the media. This media phenomenon is not unique to the U.S. but is world wide in its pervasiveness.

Dr. Zacharias also expounded on Marshall McLuhan’s “The Medium is the Message.” The medium itself is the message. It has no message but itself. If the medium is the message, and the medium has no message but itself and the images that it transmits, then the message is nothing but narcissism. This just harmonizes very well with the atheistic worship of man. Dr. Zacharias developed this theme, calling the media the modern Tower of Babel, with images as the common language, united in their purpose to do away with all religion and the supernatural, focused on creating a heaven on earth.

Sunday, January 02, 2005

2005 - Best Wishes to All

Who knows what this year holds in store? May it bring you more faith, more hope, and more love. And may there be more truth upheld in the world.