RANDOM THOUGHTS #12
May 26, 2021
A number of odds and ends, which have accumulated since the last Random Thoughts (a bit over two months ago).
Most of these came in the e-mail and some other items were turned up during that tedious BUT necessary work we call “research.”
+ An email asking “Question: Why should Christians care about the Middle East in general, and specifically about Israel?”
+ A persuasive letter urging the purchase of a product used in chelation therapy for everyday use to make one healthier and live a more fulfilled life!
The e-mail stressed the SAFETY of this product (“so safe, it’s used on BABIES“), though further research begged to differ.
Chelation therapy must be administered with care as it has a number of possible side effects, including death. In response to increasing use of chelation therapy as alternative medicine and in circumstances in which the therapy should not be used in conventional medicine, various health organizations have confirmed that medical evidence does not support the effectiveness of chelation therapy for any purpose other than the treatment of heavy metal poisoning. Over-the-counter chelation products are not approved for sale in the United States.
+ A video arrived in the e-mail which posed a question.
“Is the world getting ready for the son of perdition?”
The ‘son of perdition’ is mentioned in 2THESSALONIANS 2:3 and is better known as the ‘man of sin’ or ‘the false prophet’ [other labels from the Bible].
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition”
–2THESSALONIANS 2:3
So, IS the world getting ready for the son of perdition?
Ever since Jesus departed this world the first time…
RANDOM THOUGHTS
- Comments and Asides 5 AND Random Thoughts 11 – 3-21-21
- Random Thoughts 10 — 10-11-2020
- Random Thoughts 9 –- 8-22-2020
- Random Thoughts 8 –6-28-2020
- Random Thoughts 7 –5-31-2020
- Random Thoughts 6 –9-26-2019
- Random Thoughts #5 – 7-7-2019
- Random Thoughts #4 – 6-16-2019
- Random Thoughts #3 – 5-27-2018
- Random Thoughts #1 and 2 – 2-26-2018
+ For the reader who uses a Linux OS, there’s Creating a Fix Stick and Fix Stick Upgrade.
The ‘Fix stick’ is a bootable USB stick which allows the person to perform many fix-it tasks, depending on the programs installed on the stick.
+ A re-examination of an article published ALMOST one year ago: The Cluttered Mind of Modern Man.
What is the clutter who clogs the mind of modern man?
What THIS article is referring to when it mentions CLUTTER are the dozens of contrary ideas in the spiritual or religious realm which the reader has stored away until he can “deal with it” (think it over).
Even if one has read the article before, there are MANY points which most likely will have been forgotten since that visitation.
+ A collection of quotes on PROPAGANDA, including the following two by the Father of Propaganda (also called “the father of public relations” and “the father of advertising”) EDWARD BERNAYS.
“We need an invisible government. Intelligent manipulation of the consciousness and knowledge of the masses regarding habits and opinions is an important part of democracy.
Public opinion can be adjusted by technology. Movies are the greatest subconscious propaganda tool. They are an effective way to change thoughts and opinions, the film can unify the customs and opinions of nations. The elites who manipulate public opinion are the invisible government that is the real power of the country. “
AND
“If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group’s consciousness, is it not possible to control and control the masses according to our will without their knowledge? Recent practice has shown that this is possible, at least to a certain point and within certain limits.”
+ A treasure trove of ADDITIONAL quotes on a NUMBER of varied and sundry topics.
1
“Last week it was reported that the churches of America increased their membership by 690,000. Are you encouraged by these figures? I for my part am not encouraged a bit. I have indeed my own grounds for encouragement. . . . But these figures have no place among them. How many of these 690,000 names do you think are really written in the Lamb’s book of life? A small proportion, I fear. Church membership today often means nothing more, as has well been said, than a vague admiration for the moral character of Jesus; the Church in countless communities is little more than a Rotary Club. . . . It will be hard; it will seem impious to timid souls; many will be hurt. But in God’s name let us get rid of shams and have reality at last.”
—J. Gresham Machen, 1926 – (h/t:BP)
—End Times Prophecy Headlines: February 22-23, 2014
2
“The Bible is the tool used to evaluate genuine and counterfeits.
The Genuine have the Holy Spirit.
Counterfeits do not understand the Bible and therefore cannot teach or talk about it.
The Counterfeits in the churches attempt to get away with this by pretending it is all just a matter of disagreeing over trifles–using such well-worn red herrings as “Well, that’s your opinion” and “Everyone can agree to disagree on this matter” (and other similar sounding tripe). This is okay if the conversation has to do with the number of soldiers Greece used in World War I or who was US president in 1870, but NOT God’s Word.
–ETPR, Sept 2017
3
“Politics have no relation to morals.”
–Niccolo Machiavelli
4
“Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics – one people, one land, one truth, the end of difference. Since genocide is a form of political utopia, it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis.”
—Michael Ignatieff, Canadian author and former politician
UTOPIA = means “nowhere” in (ancient) Greek
5
“Health care’s not about insurance! Health care’s about getting treatment.”
— P. J. O’Rourke…and controlling access to treatment
6
“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”
—George Orwell, author
…and those are this edition’s Random Thoughts…
It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
DOES the reader believe he is saved?
Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival
DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation
- Gospel of Jesus Christ: Making a Choice
- The Gospel of Jesus Christ
- Gospel of Jesus Christ: The Power of God Unto Salvation
- Gospel of Jesus Christ: The End Times Power of God Unleashed
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report
[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: May 26, 2021.]
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- Random Thoughts 9 –- 8-22-2020
- Random Thoughts 8 –6-28-2020
- Random Thoughts 7 –5-31-2020
- Random Thoughts 6 –9-26-2019
- Random Thoughts #5 – 7-7-2019
- Random Thoughts #4 – 6-16-2019
- Random Thoughts #3 – 5-27-2018
- Random Thoughts #1 and 2 – 2-26-2018
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Comments and Asides 5 AND Random Thoughts 11
SINCE
1- We haven’t really had a Random Thoughts OR a Comments & Asides for several months; and,
2- We have a LOT of stuff which has piled up in various places where stuff piles up,
IT was decided to combine Random Thoughts AND Comments and Asides this week!
So, this is Comments & Asides 5 AND Random Thoughts 11–all in ONE piece!
MORE
MORE
1- Forget COVID, Global Oligarchs Are Now Rehearsing For A ‘Cyber Pandemic’
2- The U.S. government has set up a website to report bad vaccinations.
(h/t:KJ) -who supplied both of the links.
“A New York City judge struck down a proposed law to ban sodas larger than 16 ounces. I think Mayor Bloomberg should spend his time trying to improve stuff like education. New York needs a better education system if kids didn’t figure out they could get around the 16-ounce soda ban by simply purchasing two 12-ounce sodas.”
–Craig Ferguson (2013)
At one time, there was probably an article which would have used these. But that time seems to have passed LONG ago. So, here are the two quotes.
“The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters.”
—Shawn Ashmore
“Once upon a time, forests were repositories of magic for the human race.”
—John Burnside
Ancient Magic IS Real: New Revelations in Occult Science
The occult beginnings of authentic science
Jack Parsons and the occult roots of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
As well as a few more unused quotes on the matter and a few more links.
“Until the 17th century, there was very little distinction between what we now call chemistry and what we would label as alchemy or magic,” [Nayeli Pena ’22, a potential economics major in the class] explains.
“Medieval society in particular was an integrated space, where science, religion, magic, and emotion all overlapped and intersected. Witchcraft per se is invented when people in power separate it out as a category of being and layer on misogyny, anti-Semitism, and racism onto it.”
—Class Stirs the Pot of Witchcraft’s History
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
–Arthur C. Clarke, Clarke’s 3 Laws
This seems to be as good a place as any to remind the reader: There is NO such thing as magic.
There are, however, ways to make what most folks would call “magic” happen.
“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”
–Billy Sunday
“If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in his name, he’d never stop throwing up.”
― Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
“Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.”
― Émile Zola
“The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. ‘They won’t let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.’
‘What are you complaining about?’ said God. ‘They won’t let Me in either.”
― Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
“I know whom we must fight…it is the Church. For all its history, it’s tried to suppress and control every natural impulse.That is what the Church does, and every church is the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife
“When there’s something in the Bible that churches don’t like, they call it ‘legalism.’”
– Leonard Ravenhill
“If Jesus preached the same message minister’s preach today, He would have never been crucified.”
– Leonard Ravenhill
It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
DOES the reader believe he is saved?
Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival
DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report
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