shoebat--2020-03-15--Christ Was An Anti-Fascist Warrior Who Fought Against The Exploitation Of Foreigners And Was Murdere

Christ Was An Anti-Fascist Warrior Who Fought Against The Exploitation Of Foreigners And Was Murdered By Fascist Nationalists

For we are indeed his offspring .
— From Aratus ’ s poem “ Phainomena ” , as quoted by St. Paul ( Acts 17:28 ) Currently , it appears that the default position of conservatives is nationalism , and any political party , organization or activist that poses as anti-immigration , or as combating illegal immigration , receives their praise .
One of the most popular methods of deception to garner support for this position is to portray it as Christian .
Numerous politicians who will support deportations , or activists advocating for racialism or some type of tribalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration , will not mind holding up the Bible to give off a Christian facade .
Many Christians fall for this presentation , thinking themselves righteous while ignoring the warning of Christ , that various antichrists will deceive the very elect ( Matthew 24:24 ) .
How could the very elect be deceived , unless these false prophets feign orthodoxy ?
This is why we argue that more dangerous than ‘ the Left ’ is the Right for the reason that they come with a face of Christianity and can bring people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one ’ s fellow man , thus bringing to fruition what Christ forewarned : the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service .
( John 16:2 ) When conservatives embrace a tribalist and despotic ideology , they do so under the guise of some Christian principle or under the labels of “ law and order.
” Hence why Fascism — with its focus on an ideal past or golden age , national pride and racial homogeneity — has a history of appealing to conservatives .
Thus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could always revive as long as people continue looking for a savior in a political party .
Christ will be trumpeted by conservatives , but as a symbol of some nationalistic idea .
What must be done is to go beyond the claptrap and the clouds of political cultism , and to look at the mystical pursuit of the Christian spirit to transcend tribalism and enter the essence of universalism .
Looking at the life of Christ and the saints who knew Him , one can see their struggle with the Jewish establishment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generalized merely as Christ versus a ‘ judgmental ’ priestly class .
If we observe closely , we can see truly a cosmic war between Christ and His Church and a tribalist , fascistic and racist society .
We can see this in the war between St. John the Baptist and the Jewish scribes .
The Jews at the time prided themselves as “ Sons of Abraham ” , a reflection of their fixation on their race and tribe , and also an idealization of far antiquity .
But St. John the Baptist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Baptist make a declaration on the meaninglessness of race and tribe when it comes to salvation ; that ultimately what truly matters is not blood , race or tribe , but the condition of the soul from which emanate our actions .
In the midst of racial pride , there is always a looking back to the past to the point where the past becomes myth , and that myth becomes religion .
The use of myth can be seen in a current day Right-wing political party in Germany , the AfD ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its main voices , Bjorn Hocke , said in 2017 that what is needed in Germany is myth , saying : The glorying of a mythological past is seeped within fascism , and was present in the ideology of the Jews in the time of Christ in which they were obsessed about their tribal lineage or from which of the tribes of Israel they descended .
In the spirit of combating this tribalist fixation , St. Paul warns against devotion to myths and endless genealogies ( 1 Timothy 1:4 ) .
When Christ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was one of elevation of the Jewish tribe .
But Christ , in His actions of combating national hubris , struck this pride with the sword of universality .
The Jews awaited for a messiah who would be a savior for the Jews , and they saw the gentile as insignificant .
But Christ cut asunder this mentality , unsheathing the sword of the spirit and slaying the leviathan of egoism .
When He stood in the synagogue , knowing that the Jews would reject Him and seek His life , since no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Luke 4:24 ) , Christ made it clear that the true Messiah , being despised by the Jews , came for the gentiles .
He did not say this explicitly , but by referencing two stories from the Old Testament .
Christ said to the Jews : Christ here makes reference to two events in both of which a foreigner was favored over all Israel .
In the first , Elijah , after declaring to King Ahab that there will be a draught because of his murder of God ’ s priests , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he met a Sidonian widow who was starving and saved her life by miraculously making what small amount of flour and olive oil she had into an endless amount for bread .
In the second story that Christ references , the prophet Elisha heals a Syrian military commander at a time when Israel and Syria were at war , and heals him of leprosy in the Jordan river .
By mentioning how the Jews would reject Him , and by mentioning stories of how foreigners were blessed , especially by describing how there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only the foreigner — a Syrian — was healed , Christ was declaring that the Messiah would be accepted by the gentiles and would be blessed because of this , thus striking at the ethno-centric ideology of the Jews .
It is no wonder that after Christ said these things , all in the synagogue were filled with wrath .
( Luke 4:28 ) .
But let us look deeper into the story of Naaman the Syrian , to see its connections with Christ and His actions against the tribalist establishment of Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prophet , Syria and Israel were not allies , but enemies , given that the Syrians were making military incursions into Israel .
The Syrians , on one of their raids had carried off a young maid and made her work as a maid for the wife of Naaman .
One day Naaman ’ s wife told her new maid : “ Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria !
He would cure him of his leprosy.
” ( 1 Kings 5:3 ) The King of Syria sent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Israel that he desired that his military commander be healed by a holy man .
The King of Israel was horrified , thinking that the Syrian king “ is seeking a quarrel with me.
” ( 2 Kings 5:7 ) But did Elisha say that Naaman was an enemy ?
Did he bring up how the Syrians had done terrorist raids in Israel and kidnapped Hebrews ?
Did he bring up national pride and refuse to help a foreigner ?
Elisha told the King of Israel : “ Why have you torn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to me , that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.
” ( 2 Kings 5:8 ) Elisha had Naaman dip himself in the Jordan river seven times and he was healed .
Upon this , the Syrian warrior exclaimed the God of Israel and offered money to Elisha as a reward : “ Behold , I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel ; so accept now a present from your servant.
” But Elisha refused to take money from him : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I stand , I will receive none.
” ( 2 Kings 5:15-16 ) He gave the foreigner healing and an ultimate knowledge of the true God , but he refused to take money from the foreigner , because truly Elisha ’ s actions were that of charity .
Here the Hebrew rescues the foreigner , here the foreigner praises the God of Heaven , for truly we are indeed all God ’ s offspring .
What is also remarkable is that when Naaman asks Elisha to intercede on his behalf and ask that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before an image of the Syrian god Rimmon while standing next to the King of Syria — saying “ I bow myself in the house of Rimmon , the Lord pardon your servant in this matter ” — Elisha simply tells him : “ Go in peace.
” ( 2 Kings 5:18-19 ) What this signifies is truly a mercy for the one who is stuck in a very difficult predicament in which he is forced to bow before idols ; it is a compassion and understanding of human weakness in the face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understanding that God was not limited to geography , but that God could be in the mind of even a Syrian in the midst of a pagan land , for we are indeed his offspring .
But this mercy and charity was absent in Elisha ’ s servant , Gehazi who , seeing that Elisha refused to take Naaman ’ s money , wanted the reward for himself .
As the Scripture recounts : Gehazi , full of avarice and exploitative nature , returned to his master Elisha who asked him , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” To this Gehazi replied with a lie , “ Your servant went nowhere.
” ( 2 Kings 5:25 ) Elisha knew that Gehazi was lying and a curse was put not just on him but all of his descendants : “ the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.
” ( 2 Kings 5:27 ) Now , let us look at this story in light of what Christ explained to the Jews in the synagogue .
Christ told them that He would be rejected by the Jews @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Israel but only one , a foreigner named Naaman , was healed .
Naaman was cleansed through the waters of the Jordan ; and in this same story , Gehezi , a Jew , exploits the foreigner and for this he and all of his descendants are given the same ailment that Naaman was cleansed from .
Christ told a tribalist people that they will reject Him , but that only the Syrian was healed , and rage had filled the synagogue .
Naaman ’ s flesh was cleansed , but what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Likewise , Christ came to the gentile to cleanse their souls , but the Jews , rejecting Him , were given a leprosy of the soul .
Elisha healed the foreigner , but Gehazi exploited him .
Christ healed the gentile , but the Jews exploited them .
The Jewish elites broke divine law when they exploited worshippers in the Court of the Gentiles by making people who wanted to worship God in the Temple exchange their Roman coins with a Temple currency .
Currency manipulation was the means by which to exploit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
He did not tolerate such evil , but rather He took a whip and drove the thieves from the Temple which was meant to be a house of prayer for all the peoples ( Isaiah 56:7 ) , for we are indeed God ’ s offspring , and in this are we a universal family with no obligation to despotic tribalist constraints .
Christ saw the exploitation of the people in the Court of the Gentiles , and saw how they rejected the holy command of do not oppress the stranger ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a whip , and as a fighter against systematic exploitation , of racialist scorning of the foreigner as insignificant to the money changing and currency manipulation , He led a cosmic assault on the forces of evil , driving out the evildoers , those who made the shekel great , and falsifying the balances by deceit ( Amos 8:5 ) “ Has this house , which is called by My name , become a den of thieves in your eyes ?
Behold , I , even I , have seen it , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) The Book of Jeremiah makes known the holy laws of compassion for foreigners in chapter 7 , and makes known how the Jews would make the Temple into a den of thieves , and thus Christ , facing the exploiters , went against those who abused the stranger , who ( like Gehazi ) exploited the foreigner .
Perhaps what is meant by leprosy for Gehazi and his descendants is a spiritual leprosy — a leprosy of the soul — for the Jews who would reject Christ .
This leprosy of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demanded that Barabbas , a Jewish fanatic who murdered a Roman soldier , be freed and Christ crucified .
“ Away with this Man , and release to us Barabbas ” ( Luke 28:13 ) .
There stood Christ and Barabbas , both were revolutionaries ; but one revolted against Rome , while the other against principalities of darkness that ruled the earth , against systems of exploitation and despotism .
Which of the two revolutionaries did they prefer ?
The one who appealed to the tribe , to national sentiment and egoism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ Barabbas appealed to national grievances ; Christ to conscience.
” ( Life of Christ , ch .
47 , p. 515 ) .
The Jews chose a nationalist terrorist over the One Who cleanses the leprosy of the soul , and thus they incarnated the spirit of Gehazi , choosing to exploit rather than to purify , with Judas wanting the silver coins rather than the wooden cross , with pharisees and scribes elevating their own power over the Kingdom of Heaven .
As Elisha proclaimed that leprosy will be on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mob that wanted Christ dead cried out , “ His blood be on us and on our children !
” ( Matthew 27:25 ) Today we see these same fanatics , wanting to divide the human family in the name of patriotism , nationalism or some strange cult of tribe .
They will bring up immigration , legal or illegal , as a threat to the existence of the nation , and they lodge in their souls the spirit of those who hated the Roman .
They may hate the foreigner , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I tell you , not even in Israel have I found such faith.
” ( Luke 7:9 ) They may hate the migrant and carry up a cross in the name of nationalism , but there were many lepers in Israel , and only the Syrian was healed .
They may describe sojourners as blood suckers and leaches , but they will ignore the fact that the most valiant battle of the Hebrews , when Joshua commanded the sun and the moon to stand still , was done to defend a Canaanite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel was nationalist , and thus we should be too , but they will turn away from the story in which the only way to end a plague was for King David to make a sacrifice on the land of Ornan , a Canaanite .
They may describe certain people has being ‘ third world , ’ but will such conservatives actually be impacted by the fact that Christ is not a priest of the order of His race , but of the Order of Melchizedek , a Canaanite king , not of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the line of Ham , the father of the African peoples ?
The advocates of tribalism and nationalism — enemies of humanity — are enemies of the Cross .
For rather than accepting that we are all sons of Noah — of the sons of Ham , Shem and Japheth — they take one tribe and elevate him above all , rejecting the universality of God ’ s Church .
But remember the words of the poet : we are indeed his offspring .

By Walid & Theodore Shoebat
For we are indeed his offspring.
— From Aratus’s poem “Phainomena”, as quoted by St. Paul (Acts 17:28)
Currently, it appears that the default position of conservatives is nationalism, and any political party, organization or activist that poses as anti-immigration, or as combating illegal immigration, receives their praise. One of the most popular methods of deception to garner support for this position is to portray it as Christian. Numerous politicians who will support deportations, or activists advocating for racialism or some type of tribalism under the guise of being against illegal immigration, will not mind holding up the Bible to give off a Christian facade. Many Christians fall for this presentation, thinking themselves righteous while ignoring the warning of Christ, that various antichrists will deceive the very elect (Matthew 24:24). How could the very elect be deceived, unless these false prophets feign orthodoxy? This is why we argue that more dangerous than ‘the Left’ is the Right for the reason that they come with a face of Christianity and can bring people who have Christian principles to justify bloodshed of one’s fellow man, thus bringing to fruition what Christ forewarned: the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. (John 16:2)
When conservatives embrace a tribalist and despotic ideology, they do so under the guise of some Christian principle or under the labels of “law and order.” Hence why Fascism — with its focus on an ideal past or golden age, national pride and racial homogeneity — has a history of appealing to conservatives. Thus, Fascism or something like Fascism, could always revive as long as people continue looking for a savior in a political party. Christ will be trumpeted by conservatives, but as a symbol of some nationalistic idea. What must be done is to go beyond the claptrap and the clouds of political cultism, and to look at the mystical pursuit of the Christian spirit to transcend tribalism and enter the essence of universalism.
Looking at the life of Christ and the saints who knew Him, one can see their struggle with the Jewish establishment. But, this struggle is usually generalized merely as Christ versus a ‘judgmental’ priestly class. If we observe closely, we can see truly a cosmic war between Christ and His Church and a tribalist, fascistic and racist society. We can see this in the war between St. John the Baptist and the Jewish scribes. The Jews at the time prided themselves as “Sons of Abraham”, a reflection of their fixation on their race and tribe, and also an idealization of far antiquity. But St. John the Baptist tells them:
“And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.” (Matthew 3:9)
Here we see the Baptist make a declaration on the meaninglessness of race and tribe when it comes to salvation; that ultimately what truly matters is not blood, race or tribe, but the condition of the soul from which emanate our actions. In the midst of racial pride, there is always a looking back to the past to the point where the past becomes myth, and that myth becomes religion. The use of myth can be seen in a current day Right-wing political party in Germany, the AfD (Alternative for Deutschland). One of its main voices, Bjorn Hocke, said in 2017 that what is needed in Germany is myth, saying:
“An emperor is sleeping in the cave of Kyffhäuserberg. And when the need is greatest, he will awaken and restore glory to the reich. To draw inner strength from myths has always been helpful in times of change. And we are undoubtedly living again in a turning point.”
The glorying of a mythological past is seeped within fascism, and was present in the ideology of the Jews in the time of Christ in which they were obsessed about their tribal lineage or from which of the tribes of Israel they descended. In the spirit of combating this tribalist fixation, St. Paul warns against devotion to myths and endless genealogies (1 Timothy 1:4).
When Christ was in Judea, the ideological atmosphere was one of elevation of the Jewish tribe. But Christ, in His actions of combating national hubris, struck this pride with the sword of universality. The Jews awaited for a messiah who would be a savior for the Jews, and they saw the gentile as insignificant. But Christ cut asunder this mentality, unsheathing the sword of the spirit and slaying the leviathan of egoism. When He stood in the synagogue, knowing that the Jews would reject Him and seek His life, since no prophet is acceptable in his hometown (Luke 4:24), Christ made it clear that the true Messiah, being despised by the Jews, came for the gentiles. He did not say this explicitly, but by referencing two stories from the Old Testament. Christ said to the Jews:
“But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” (Luke 4:25-27)
Christ here makes reference to two events in both of which a foreigner was favored over all Israel. In the first, Elijah, after declaring to King Ahab that there will be a draught because of his murder of God’s priests, fled to Lebanon (Sidon) where he met a Sidonian widow who was starving and saved her life by miraculously making what small amount of flour and olive oil she had into an endless amount for bread.
In the second story that Christ references, the prophet Elisha heals a Syrian military commander at a time when Israel and Syria were at war, and heals him of leprosy in the Jordan river. By mentioning how the Jews would reject Him, and by mentioning stories of how foreigners were blessed, especially by describing how there were many Hebrews who had leprosy but only the foreigner — a Syrian — was healed, Christ was declaring that the Messiah would be accepted by the gentiles and would be blessed because of this, thus striking at the ethno-centric ideology of the Jews. It is no wonder that after Christ said these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. (Luke 4:28).
But let us look deeper into the story of Naaman the Syrian, to see its connections with Christ and His actions against the tribalist establishment of Israel. In the time of Elisha the prophet, Syria and Israel were not allies, but enemies, given that the Syrians were making military incursions into Israel. The Syrians, on one of their raids had carried off a young maid and made her work as a maid for the wife of Naaman. One day Naaman’s wife told her new maid: “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” (1 Kings 5:3) The King of Syria sent Naaman to Israel after notifying the King of Israel that he desired that his military commander be healed by a holy man. The King of Israel was horrified, thinking that the Syrian king “is seeking a quarrel with me.” (2 Kings 5:7)
But did Elisha say that Naaman was an enemy? Did he bring up how the Syrians had done terrorist raids in Israel and kidnapped Hebrews? Did he bring up national pride and refuse to help a foreigner? Elisha told the King of Israel: “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.” (2 Kings 5:8) Elisha had Naaman dip himself in the Jordan river seven times and he was healed. Upon this, the Syrian warrior exclaimed the God of Israel and offered money to Elisha as a reward: “Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a present from your servant.” But Elisha refused to take money from him: “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” (2 Kings 5:15-16) He gave the foreigner healing and an ultimate knowledge of the true God, but he refused to take money from the foreigner, because truly Elisha’s actions were that of charity. Here the Hebrew rescues the foreigner, here the foreigner praises the God of Heaven, for truly we are indeed all God’s offspring.
What is also remarkable is that when Naaman asks Elisha to intercede on his behalf and ask that that Lord forgive him for bowing down before an image of the Syrian god Rimmon while standing next to the King of Syria — saying “I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon your servant in this matter” — Elisha simply tells him: “Go in peace.” (2 Kings 5:18-19)
What this signifies is truly a mercy for the one who is stuck in a very difficult predicament in which he is forced to bow before idols; it is a compassion and understanding of human weakness in the face of coerced ritual. It was an understanding that God was not limited to geography, but that God could be in the mind of even a Syrian in the midst of a pagan land, for we are indeed his offspring.
But this mercy and charity was absent in Elisha’s servant, Gehazi who, seeing that Elisha refused to take Naaman’s money, wanted the reward for himself. As the Scripture recounts:
“So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Is all well?” And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’” And Naaman said, “Be pleased to accept two talents.” And he urged him and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants. And they carried them before Gehazi.” (2 Kings 5:21-23)
Gehazi, full of avarice and exploitative nature, returned to his master Elisha who asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” To this Gehazi replied with a lie, “Your servant went nowhere.” (2 Kings 5:25) Elisha knew that Gehazi was lying and a curse was put not just on him but all of his descendants: “the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” (2 Kings 5:27)
Now, let us look at this story in light of what Christ explained to the Jews in the synagogue. Christ told them that He would be rejected by the Jews, but that there were many lepers in Israel but only one, a foreigner named Naaman, was healed. Naaman was cleansed through the waters of the Jordan; and in this same story, Gehezi, a Jew, exploits the foreigner and for this he and all of his descendants are given the same ailment that Naaman was cleansed from. Christ told a tribalist people that they will reject Him, but that only the Syrian was healed, and rage had filled the synagogue. Naaman’s flesh was cleansed, but what soiled his body now soiled Gehazi. Likewise, Christ came to the gentile to cleanse their souls, but the Jews, rejecting Him, were given a leprosy of the soul.
Elisha healed the foreigner, but Gehazi exploited him. Christ healed the gentile, but the Jews exploited them. The Jewish elites broke divine law when they exploited worshippers in the Court of the Gentiles by making people who wanted to worship God in the Temple exchange their Roman coins with a Temple currency. Currency manipulation was the means by which to exploit people, and what did Christ do? He did not tolerate such evil, but rather He took a whip and drove the thieves from the Temple which was meant to be a house of prayer for all the peoples (Isaiah 56:7), for we are indeed God’s offspring, and in this are we a universal family with no obligation to despotic tribalist constraints. Christ saw the exploitation of the people in the Court of the Gentiles, and saw how they rejected the holy command of do not oppress the stranger (Jeremiah 7:6), He picked up a whip, and as a fighter against systematic exploitation, of racialist scorning of the foreigner as insignificant to the money changing and currency manipulation, He led a cosmic assault on the forces of evil, driving out the evildoers, those who made the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit (Amos 8:5) “Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.” (Jeremiah 7:11) The Book of Jeremiah makes known the holy laws of compassion for foreigners in chapter 7, and makes known how the Jews would make the Temple into a den of thieves, and thus Christ, facing the exploiters, went against those who abused the stranger, who (like Gehazi) exploited the foreigner. Perhaps what is meant by leprosy for Gehazi and his descendants is a spiritual leprosy — a leprosy of the soul — for the Jews who would reject Christ.
This leprosy of the soul was made manifest when the Jews demanded that Barabbas, a Jewish fanatic who murdered a Roman soldier, be freed and Christ crucified. “Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas” (Luke 28:13). There stood Christ and Barabbas, both were revolutionaries; but one revolted against Rome, while the other against principalities of darkness that ruled the earth, against systems of exploitation and despotism. Which of the two revolutionaries did they prefer? The one who appealed to the tribe, to national sentiment and egoism. In the words of Fultan Sheen: “Barabbas appealed to national grievances; Christ to conscience.” (Life of Christ, ch. 47, p. 515).
The Jews chose a nationalist terrorist over the One Who cleanses the leprosy of the soul, and thus they incarnated the spirit of Gehazi, choosing to exploit rather than to purify, with Judas wanting the silver coins rather than the wooden cross, with pharisees and scribes elevating their own power over the Kingdom of Heaven. As Elisha proclaimed that leprosy will be on Gehazi and on his children, the mob that wanted Christ dead cried out, “His blood be on us and on our children!” (Matthew 27:25)
Today we see these same fanatics, wanting to divide the human family in the name of patriotism, nationalism or some strange cult of tribe. They will bring up immigration, legal or illegal, as a threat to the existence of the nation, and they lodge in their souls the spirit of those who hated the Roman. They may hate the foreigner, but Christ spoke of the foreign Centurion: “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” (Luke 7:9) They may hate the migrant and carry up a cross in the name of nationalism, but there were many lepers in Israel, and only the Syrian was healed. They may describe sojourners as blood suckers and leaches, but they will ignore the fact that the most valiant battle of the Hebrews, when Joshua commanded the sun and the moon to stand still, was done to defend a Canaanite tribe. They may say that ancient Israel was nationalist, and thus we should be too, but they will turn away from the story in which the only way to end a plague was for King David to make a sacrifice on the land of Ornan, a Canaanite. They may describe certain people has being ‘third world,’ but will such conservatives actually be impacted by the fact that Christ is not a priest of the order of His race, but of the Order of Melchizedek, a Canaanite king, not of the line of Shem, but of the line of Ham, the father of the African peoples?
The advocates of tribalism and nationalism — enemies of humanity — are enemies of the Cross. For rather than accepting that we are all sons of Noah — of the sons of Ham, Shem and Japheth — they take one tribe and elevate him above all, rejecting the universality of God’s Church. But remember the words of the poet: we are indeed his offspring.
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shoebat--2020-03-14--Disease, Nationalism, Russia, And More: Shoebat.com Interviews A Catholic Priest From Russia

Today I had the opportunity interview Father I. , a Catholic priest who was born in and grew up in a city east of the Urals who has lived and worked around the world in every continent except Australia and is currently working throughout the greater midwestern regions of the USA .
I asked him a series of questions about his views on the current political situation in the US and Russia , about nationalism , and other major issues today .
The answers that I provide here are paraphrased from his responses , and should accurately and fully capture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which they were spoken .
Many Catholic priests from Russia are the descendants of German , Polish , or Ukrainian Catholics deported during the Communist purges .
What makes Father I. unique is that he is neither of foreign extraction nor was his family related to deportees .
He is an ethnic Russian who , like many Russians , grew up in a home where religion was either nonexistent or cursory , and he became Catholic after he was essentially left alone by his family , who had immigrated to the US , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with no other family .
This friend ’ s family was Catholic and attended mass , and it was this way that he was introduced to the faith and eventually became a priest .
Father I. is also a younger priest , having been born after the fall of the Soviet Union .
His views also reflect a generational difference , and thus are insightful on the changes taking place today .
For the sake of Father I.
’ s safety , I have redacted his name and details about his place or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ America is very good place .
She has her problems but who doesn ’ t ?
Two good things I see in America are that human life is valued , and that everybody has the chance to earn money and maybe even become rich .
Both do not exist in Russia .
Your life is valuable if you have money .
If you don ’ t you are garbage .
Also , nobody can earn any money in Russia unless you are part of “ the club ” with Putin and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lot of hope for people who do not have it otherwise.
’ On Russia : ‘ Everybody wants to escape Russia .
There is no freedom of speech or print .
If you say the wrong thing , you get a “ visit ” from the police or go to jail .
You might also “ commit suicide ” if they do not like what you said enough .
Opinions are just an illusion .
They do not exist .
You either agree or you are finished in society.
’ On immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to stay in America .
I still want to go back and work in my home country because there is a lot to be done.
’ On Communism : ‘ I hear people in America say that communism is gone , but this is not true .
It is just with a different face .
The KGB is still communist , they control everything , and Putin is the head of them .
He is the biggest communist in Russia , and then maybe Dugin .
From what I have seen they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , because they want to keep control over everything and they are losing it.
’ On the “ Power of Siberia ” oil pipeline from Russia to China : ‘ Oh yes .
That thing is all about politics .
It does not benefit anybody except those in power.
’ On Germany : ‘ I do not even want to think about them .
What they are doing right now with nationalism is exactly what happened before World War I and World War II .
It makes me sick to think where this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ( ed note : Fr .
I. appeared physically uncomfortable and worried when I mentioned this ) On American people : ‘ Americans are overall good people .
The people in the south are much kinder than those in the northern regions .
Some are strange because they will call you at odd times or make very strong requests for things that are small or not important .
I got a call a few days ago [ before this interview ] for something the person said was very important , and it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got there and I thought ‘ Is this it ?
’ because it was small and could have waited .
I did not need to be up , but the person acted like it needed to be done now .
It seems to be common , and I have had to learn to adjust how I respond.
’ On Russians : ‘ Everybody wants to leave Russia .
Human life has no value in Russia .
Nobody in power cares for anybody , and people are miserable .
I love the Russian language @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very beautiful and has produced many great people and works .
But everybody is miserable and sad .
A lot of people are hopeless and see no point to life at all .
On the Russian Orthodox Church : ‘ What Church ?
There are a few people who believe , but the Church is mostly an extension of the government and national pride .
That is why nobody goes except a few old people ( who believe ) .
No one believes in it outside of patriotism because it is an extension @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Putin and his gang control everything .
He wants to be dictator and he is .
Some people like him , but most don ’ t and it is all a big show .
I think that Putin knows it too , and he is trying to make the people care but nobody does .
You have authoritarianism without authority ( ed .
note : he used this exact phrase here ) .
People just do what they want unless you criticize the state of government or the society , and then you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want people talking about the problems.
’ On Russian life outside of Moscow : ‘ In the city where I am from , [ name of a sizeable city redacted ] , it is the same for most of Russia except Moscow and few areas where the rich people live .
A lot of poverty and misery .
There are a few priests I am friends with who work very hard with them all throughout Russia , especially Siberia and the Far East .
They have a lot of responsibility .
There is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people are sad and turn to stuff like alcohol to forget , and this does not help them.
’ On coronavirus : ‘ The reaction [ in the US ] seems to be too strong .
In Russia things have been a lot worse , and you do not see reactions like this over something so small .
People are afraid of not having food and they are buying out the grocery stores , but they are all going to restaurants .
It does not make any sense .
Hopefully the panic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be normal again.
’ On migrants : ‘ America is very good and generous to immigrants .
This is not so in Russia .
Everybody all around the world wants to come to America because there is hope that most do not have where they come from .
The people from the Spanish countries are lucky because they do not have to journey a long distance.
’ On the Vatican and Pope Francis : ‘ There is a lot of things going on there right now but I try to avoid it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people say that , and they argue , but there is a lot of work right now for us [ priests ] .
When Bishop [ name redacted ] helped me to get my assignments where I am now , it was because I speak four languages and have lived throughout the world .
On poverty : ‘ When I lived in the Philippines , it was in a very rural area .
People sometimes kept chickens in their houses , and animals roamed about .
It was very poor and they did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were happy and cared for each other .
Their problems are different than those of the US or other countries , but they were mostly content with their lives and the few simple things they had .
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Today I had the opportunity interview Father I., a Catholic priest who was born in and grew up in a city east of the Urals who has lived and worked around the world in every continent except Australia and is currently working throughout the greater midwestern regions of the USA. I asked him a series of questions about his views on the current political situation in the US and Russia, about nationalism, and other major issues today.
The answers that I provide here are paraphrased from his responses, and should accurately and fully capture both his original words and spirit in which they were spoken.
Many Catholic priests from Russia are the descendants of German, Polish, or Ukrainian Catholics deported during the Communist purges. What makes Father I. unique is that he is neither of foreign extraction nor was his family related to deportees. He is an ethnic Russian who, like many Russians, grew up in a home where religion was either nonexistent or cursory, and he became Catholic after he was essentially left alone by his family, who had immigrated to the US, to live with a friend in Russia with no other family. This friend’s family was Catholic and attended mass, and it was this way that he was introduced to the faith and eventually became a priest.
Father I. is also a younger priest, having been born after the fall of the Soviet Union. His views also reflect a generational difference, and thus are insightful on the changes taking place today.
For the sake of Father I.’s safety, I have redacted his name and details about his place or ministry.
On America:
A: ‘America is very good place. She has her problems but who doesn’t? Two good things I see in America are that human life is valued, and that everybody has the chance to earn money and maybe even become rich. Both do not exist in Russia. Your life is valuable if you have money. If you don’t you are garbage. Also, nobody can earn any money in Russia unless you are part of “the club” with Putin and his friends. In America, there is a lot of hope for people who do not have it otherwise.’
On Russia:
‘Everybody wants to escape Russia. There is no freedom of speech or print. If you say the wrong thing, you get a “visit” from the police or go to jail. You might also “commit suicide” if they do not like what you said enough. Opinions are just an illusion. They do not exist. You either agree or you are finished in society.’
On immigration to America:
‘I did not want to stay in America. I still want to go back and work in my home country because there is a lot to be done.’
On Communism:
‘I hear people in America say that communism is gone, but this is not true. It is just with a different face. The KGB is still communist, they control everything, and Putin is the head of them. He is the biggest communist in Russia, and then maybe Dugin. From what I have seen they are going back to the old ways, because they want to keep control over everything and they are losing it.’
On the “Power of Siberia” oil pipeline from Russia to China:
‘Oh yes. That thing is all about politics. It does not benefit anybody except those in power.’
On Germany:
‘I do not even want to think about them. What they are doing right now with nationalism is exactly what happened before World War I and World War II. It makes me sick to think where this is going because we know the end.’ (ed note: Fr. I. appeared physically uncomfortable and worried when I mentioned this)
On American people:
‘Americans are overall good people. The people in the south are much kinder than those in the northern regions. Some are strange because they will call you at odd times or make very strong requests for things that are small or not important. I got a call a few days ago [before this interview] for something the person said was very important, and it was early in the morning. I got there and I thought ‘Is this it?’ because it was small and could have waited. I did not need to be up, but the person acted like it needed to be done now. It seems to be common, and I have had to learn to adjust how I respond.’
On Russians:
‘Everybody wants to leave Russia. Human life has no value in Russia. Nobody in power cares for anybody, and people are miserable. I love the Russian language and my culture, and it is very beautiful and has produced many great people and works. But everybody is miserable and sad. A lot of people are hopeless and see no point to life at all.
On the Russian Orthodox Church:
‘What Church? There are a few people who believe, but the Church is mostly an extension of the government and national pride. That is why nobody goes except a few old people (who believe). No one believes in it outside of patriotism because it is an extension of Putin.’
On Putin:
‘Putin and his gang control everything. He wants to be dictator and he is. Some people like him, but most don’t and it is all a big show. I think that Putin knows it too, and he is trying to make the people care but nobody does. You have authoritarianism without authority (ed. note: he used this exact phrase here). People just do what they want unless you criticize the state of government or the society, and then you go to jail because they do not want people talking about the problems.’
On Russian life outside of Moscow:
‘In the city where I am from, [name of a sizeable city redacted], it is the same for most of Russia except Moscow and few areas where the rich people live. A lot of poverty and misery. There are a few priests I am friends with who work very hard with them all throughout Russia, especially Siberia and the Far East. They have a lot of responsibility. There is so much need, because a lot of people are sad and turn to stuff like alcohol to forget, and this does not help them.’
On coronavirus:
‘The reaction [in the US] seems to be too strong. In Russia things have been a lot worse, and you do not see reactions like this over something so small. People are afraid of not having food and they are buying out the grocery stores, but they are all going to restaurants. It does not make any sense. Hopefully the panic will be over soon and it all can be normal again.’
On migrants:
‘America is very good and generous to immigrants. This is not so in Russia. Everybody all around the world wants to come to America because there is hope that most do not have where they come from. The people from the Spanish countries are lucky because they do not have to journey a long distance.’
On the Vatican and Pope Francis:
‘There is a lot of things going on there right now but I try to avoid it. Some people say this, some people say that, and they argue, but there is a lot of work right now for us [priests]. When Bishop [name redacted] helped me to get my assignments where I am now, it was because I speak four languages and have lived throughout the world.
On poverty:
‘When I lived in the Philippines, it was in a very rural area. People sometimes kept chickens in their houses, and animals roamed about. It was very poor and they did not have much, but the people were happy and cared for each other. Their problems are different than those of the US or other countries, but they were mostly content with their lives and the few simple things they had.
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shoebat--2020-03-14--NYC Subway May Shut Down Due To COVID-19

In a first ever , there is talk that the New York City Subway system may shut down due to the virus according to the Wall Street Journal .
The spokesman said ridership on the MTA ’ s two commuter rail systems , the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad , was down 31 % and 48 % , respectively , during Thursday morning ’ s rush hour , compared with a similar rush hour last year .
The state had 328 confirmed cases of the virus as of Thursday afternoon , including 95 in the city , state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not to say that one should not be careful , but this is very odd .
In addition , I have been receiving reports of other odd behaviors from people concerning this virus that are concerning not because of the illness , but the reaction to it .
It gives one to wonder if we are not seeing simply a reaction to virus , but perhaps a social test being conducted for something greater in the future .
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In a first ever, there is talk that the New York City Subway system may shut down due to the virus according to the Wall Street Journal.
The spokesman said ridership on the MTA’s two commuter rail systems, the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, was down 31% and 48%, respectively, during Thursday morning’s rush hour, compared with a similar rush hour last year. The state had 328 confirmed cases of the virus as of Thursday afternoon, including 95 in the city, state officials said. (source)
This is not to say that one should not be careful, but this is very odd.
In addition, I have been receiving reports of other odd behaviors from people concerning this virus that are concerning not because of the illness, but the reaction to it.
It gives one to wonder if we are not seeing simply a reaction to virus, but perhaps a social test being conducted for something greater in the future.
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shoebat--2020-03-13--Germany Changes Rules Because Of COVID-19 To Expand Debt

Shoebat.com has said , based on the reports available , that a declining German economy in combination with a refugee crisis would likely result in a direct increase in nationalism towards xenophobia and militarism .
In light of this virus , Germany is now allowing for an expansion of debt to “ help ” with its effects as it has been reported by Reuters .
Germany ’ s debt brake rule allows for exceptions in extraordinary situations and the coronavirus crisis is such a case , Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday , adding that the government ’ s focus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out .
Under the German debt brake rule , the federal government can take on new debt of up to 0.35 % of economic output .
“ The debt brake … provides for exceptions in extraordinary situations – and that is , as I said yesterday , really not our topic as to how the budget balance will look in the end , ” Merkel told a news conference .
“ We are in a situation that is unusual in every respect and I would say more unusual than at the time of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Refugees are being trafficked to Europe .
They will be brought to Germany .
Many will have the virus .
As Shoebat.com warned , the cries of “ disease infected migrants ” will spread among the nationalists .
This will aggravate the current situation in the country with the virus .
The government will start spending money to stop the virus .
Some will go to refugees .
The call of “ refugees stealing from native Germans to help diseased invaders ” will be heard again .
Nationalism will be called as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be angry , and that will be channeled to the above political use .
The declines in Germany ’ s economy will only feed this .
It is a giant , continuous circle .
One thing will feed the next , and eventually the concern is not the virus , but what will come AFTER the virus , for it will lead to revolution and war , and most likely on a global scale .
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Shoebat.com has said, based on the reports available, that a declining German economy in combination with a refugee crisis would likely result in a direct increase in nationalism towards xenophobia and militarism.
In light of this virus, Germany is now allowing for an expansion of debt to “help” with its effects as it has been reported by Reuters.
Germany’s debt brake rule allows for exceptions in extraordinary situations and the coronavirus crisis is such a case, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, adding that the government’s focus now was not how its budget works out. Under the German debt brake rule, the federal government can take on new debt of up to 0.35% of economic output. “The debt brake … provides for exceptions in extraordinary situations – and that is, as I said yesterday, really not our topic as to how the budget balance will look in the end,” Merkel told a news conference. “We are in a situation that is unusual in every respect and I would say more unusual than at the time of the banking crisis.” (source)
Put this puzzle together.
Refugees are being trafficked to Europe.
They will be brought to Germany.
Many will have the virus.
As Shoebat.com warned, the cries of “disease infected migrants” will spread among the nationalists.
This will aggravate the current situation in the country with the virus.
The government will start spending money to stop the virus. Some will go to refugees.
The call of “refugees stealing from native Germans to help diseased invaders” will be heard again.
Nationalism will be called as well as militarism and possibly eugenics.
People will be angry, and that will be channeled to the above political use.
The declines in Germany’s economy will only feed this.
It is a giant, continuous circle. One thing will feed the next, and eventually the concern is not the virus, but what will come AFTER the virus, for it will lead to revolution and war, and most likely on a global scale.
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shoebat--2020-03-13--New Laws May Require Cell Phones And Other Technologies To Be Made Renewable

“ Throwaway culture ” , where things are made to be used once and then destroyed , may be coming to an end in Europe , as the BBC reports that technologies must be made in such a way that the potential for repair exists and thus are , theoretically , “ renewable ” .
New rules could spell the death of a “ throwaway ” culture in which products are bought , used briefly , then binned .
The regulations will apply to a range of everyday items such as mobile phones , textiles , electronics , batteries , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ products are designed and manufactured so they last – and so they ’ re repairable if they go wrong .
It should mean that your phone lasts longer and proves easier to fix .
That may be especially true if the display or the battery needs changing .
It ’ s part of a worldwide movement called the Right to Repair , which has spawned citizens ’ repair workshops in several UK cities .
( source ) This would be interesting if it was to take off , especially if it was paired @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time when American society is moving leftwards , and given the effects of the virus , there are multiple ways such a trend could develop .
Will the world adopt a more sustainable model ?
Or will it continue in the current mode of consumerism as it is practiced ?
It is to be seen .
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“Throwaway culture”, where things are made to be used once and then destroyed, may be coming to an end in Europe, as the BBC reports that technologies must be made in such a way that the potential for repair exists and thus are, theoretically, “renewable”.
New rules could spell the death of a “throwaway” culture in which products are bought, used briefly, then binned. The regulations will apply to a range of everyday items such as mobile phones, textiles, electronics, batteries, construction and packaging. They will ensure products are designed and manufactured so they last – and so they’re repairable if they go wrong. It should mean that your phone lasts longer and proves easier to fix. That may be especially true if the display or the battery needs changing. It’s part of a worldwide movement called the Right to Repair, which has spawned citizens’ repair workshops in several UK cities. (source)
This would be interesting if it was to take off, especially if it was paired with environmentalist-type policies, and at a time when American society is moving leftwards, and given the effects of the virus, there are multiple ways such a trend could develop.
Will the world adopt a more sustainable model? Or will it continue in the current mode of consumerism as it is practiced?
It is to be seen.
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shoebat--2020-03-13--Half Of America Could Get COVID-19

Half Of America Could Get COVID-19

A new report has declared that half of America could get Covid-19 according to AFP .
Between 70 to 150 million people in the United States could eventually be infected with the novel coronavirus , according to a projection shared with Congress , a lawmaker said Thursday .
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib made the remarks during a hearing of the House of Representatives with members of the president ’ s coronavirus task force , confirming earlier reports by US media outlets including Axios and NBC News .
“ Congress ’ s attending physician told the Senate that he expects between 70 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus in the United States , ” Tlaib said .
Axios had reported that doctor Brian Monahan conveyed the projection to Senate senior staff on Tuesday , telling them they should prepare for the worst and offering advice on how to remain healthy .
( source ) I do not have much to say about this , as a lot has been mentioned about the disease .
Rather , I want to watch ( a ) how serious the spread is and ( b ) the public reaction to it .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I do want an honest assessment of the situation , which we do not have right now because we really do not know what is happening .
For now , the best rule seems to be to : -Avoid big crowds -Stay at home -Simplify one ’ s necessary time spent out All things pass , even bad ones .
Rather , it is for now to see how the effects of this disease plays out , and to seek the best for all people within the context .
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A new report has declared that half of America could get Covid-19 according to AFP.
Between 70 to 150 million people in the United States could eventually be infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a projection shared with Congress, a lawmaker said Thursday. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib made the remarks during a hearing of the House of Representatives with members of the president’s coronavirus task force, confirming earlier reports by US media outlets including Axios and NBC News. “Congress’s attending physician told the Senate that he expects between 70 to 150 million people to eventually contract the coronavirus in the United States,” Tlaib said. Axios had reported that doctor Brian Monahan conveyed the projection to Senate senior staff on Tuesday, telling them they should prepare for the worst and offering advice on how to remain healthy. (source)
I do not have much to say about this, as a lot has been mentioned about the disease.
Rather, I want to watch (a) how serious the spread is and (b) the public reaction to it.
I do not want to promote reactionary behavior. I do want an honest assessment of the situation, which we do not have right now because we really do not know what is happening.
For now, the best rule seems to be to:
-Avoid big crowds
-Stay at home
-Simplify one’s necessary time spent out
All things pass, even bad ones. Rather, it is for now to see how the effects of this disease plays out, and to seek the best for all people within the context.
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shoebat--2020-03-15--New Poll Declares That Only Thirty Percent Of Americans Have A Positive Impression Of Evangelicals

Christianity has been on the decline in the US Fro a time , and it is a very serious matter .
Many Churches have not taken it seriously , and while many Evangelicals feel a strong sense of attachment to the nation , many Americans do not feel a positive connection with them , for a new poll from the Barna Group and reported by the Christian Post says that only thirty percent of Americans have a positive impression of Evangelicals .
Thirty percent of adults in the United States have a “ positive ” perception of evangelicals as Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political lens , newly released Barna Group research indicates .
According to the evangelical polling firm , evangelicals make up about 6 percent of the U.S. population but have assumed a “ unique place in national discourse.
” “ Based on a nationwide study of U.S. adults , we found that , though many people still view evangelicals as a committed group of believers who put their faith first , their political connotation puts the future of American evangelicalism in a precarious spot , ” a summary of the new report , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( source ) Public impressions certainly are not what matters the most , but they are important because if they become low enough , especially in the US , where impressions are so emphasized , it may become a way of legitimizing anti-Christian persecution .
This is already happening right now with the rise of the LGBT , as may would rather support sodom than Christianity .
There are many social changes coming , and regardless of the historical ties of Christianity to the US , it may come to a point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christian in the US in a way similar to that of what happened in the ancient world .
Do not say that such is impossible .
It is very possible .
History has a very uncomfortable way of repeating itself in different contexts and places .
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Christianity has been on the decline in the US Fro a time, and it is a very serious matter. Many Churches have not taken it seriously, and while many Evangelicals feel a strong sense of attachment to the nation, many Americans do not feel a positive connection with them, for a new poll from the Barna Group and reported by the Christian Post says that only thirty percent of Americans have a positive impression of Evangelicals.
Thirty percent of adults in the United States have a “positive” perception of evangelicals as Americans increasingly view the religious demographic through a political lens, newly released Barna Group research indicates. According to the evangelical polling firm, evangelicals make up about 6 percent of the U.S. population but have assumed a “unique place in national discourse.” “Based on a nationwide study of U.S. adults, we found that, though many people still view evangelicals as a committed group of believers who put their faith first, their political connotation puts the future of American evangelicalism in a precarious spot,” a summary of the new report, “The Brand of Evangelicals,” reads. (source)
Public impressions certainly are not what matters the most, but they are important because if they become low enough, especially in the US, where impressions are so emphasized, it may become a way of legitimizing anti-Christian persecution. This is already happening right now with the rise of the LGBT, as may would rather support sodom than Christianity.
There are many social changes coming, and regardless of the historical ties of Christianity to the US, it may come to a point where one is persecuted for being a Christian in the US in a way similar to that of what happened in the ancient world.
Do not say that such is impossible. It is very possible. History has a very uncomfortable way of repeating itself in different contexts and places.
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shoebat--2020-03-16--A Visit To Wal-Mart During The COVID-19 Chaos

Watching the news , I have seen the chaos for the recent virus incident happen .
Stores across America are being stripped of toilet paper and bread in a panic by the masses to prepare for a crisis that people are not sure how it will affect them .
Being that such events are important to follow and provide interesting observations to consider for future trends , and in addition to the fact that I needed to get food for myself and my family , I decided to pay a visit to my local Wal-Mart .
It is a slight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one I am unfamiliar with or uncomfortable making , and so I got into my car and made the drive .
I grew up among many people from the former Soviet Union , as when the great empire collapsed , a lot of people migrated to my area and as many were children of my age at that time , I came to know a host of people from Russia , Ukraine , Armenia , Kazakhstan , Belarus , and more .
Among the stories I heard not so much from them , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how the grocery stores would be “ stripped ” of food .
One story in particular I remember was from a family from a major western Ukraine whose experience at the grocery store was regularly a few leftover pieces of bread loves , some shriveled up apples , and a piece of old meat if you were lucky .
The following video demonstrates the general state of grocery stores in the USSR many times .
Having noted this , below are videos I took from my local Wal-Mart .
Keep in mind this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but outside of a sizeable metropolitan area .
Now in fairness , these videos were taken today .
I went yesterday , and it was clear that the shelves were restocked overnight .
Yet even in such a case , a lot was still empty .
I felt as though I was walking into one of the stories that I remember from the old Russian people .
My position remains unchanged on this whole issue .
One needs to be very careful about the virus , but one also needs to think through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Buying a lot of toilet paper will not save you- if anything , one will have a clean behind for the paramedics to find if such happens .
Likewise , if the “ world ends ” , and the electricity goes out , one must suppose it is a good idea to have a freezer full of meat ?
I do not mean to say that one should not prepare .
To the contrary , I purchased extra supplies too- simply because I knew that it might be a while until food @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not because of fear .
Rather , I though carefully through my purchases and what I wanted or did not want .
I ’ m saying that you should get extra supplies , and stock up , but to do it intelligently .
Calmly .
Rationally .
Methodically .
This entire virus episode is a good test of the stability of social systems .
If this was a more serious crisis , one can only imagine what things would look like .
It is motivation to prepare for the wise .
A little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to remind one of winter that will inevitably come upon all .
But think as you react .
Don ’ t be a fool .
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Watching the news, I have seen the chaos for the recent virus incident happen. Stores across America are being stripped of toilet paper and bread in a panic by the masses to prepare for a crisis that people are not sure how it will affect them.
Being that such events are important to follow and provide interesting observations to consider for future trends, and in addition to the fact that I needed to get food for myself and my family, I decided to pay a visit to my local Wal-Mart. It is a slight drive from my home, but not one I am unfamiliar with or uncomfortable making, and so I got into my car and made the drive.
I grew up among many people from the former Soviet Union, as when the great empire collapsed, a lot of people migrated to my area and as many were children of my age at that time, I came to know a host of people from Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and more. Among the stories I heard not so much from them, but their parents and grandparents, was how the grocery stores would be “stripped” of food. One story in particular I remember was from a family from a major western Ukraine whose experience at the grocery store was regularly a few leftover pieces of bread loves, some shriveled up apples, and a piece of old meat if you were lucky.
The following video demonstrates the general state of grocery stores in the USSR many times.
Having noted this, below are videos I took from my local Wal-Mart. Keep in mind this is not in a rural area, but outside of a sizeable metropolitan area.
Now in fairness, these videos were taken today.
I went yesterday, and it was clear that the shelves were restocked overnight. Yet even in such a case, a lot was still empty.
I felt as though I was walking into one of the stories that I remember from the old Russian people.
My position remains unchanged on this whole issue.
One needs to be very careful about the virus, but one also needs to think through the consequences of one’s actions.
Buying a lot of toilet paper will not save you- if anything, one will have a clean behind for the paramedics to find if such happens.
Likewise, if the “world ends”, and the electricity goes out, one must suppose it is a good idea to have a freezer full of meat?
I do not mean to say that one should not prepare. To the contrary, I purchased extra supplies too- simply because I knew that it might be a while until food supplies normalize. However, it was not because of fear. Rather, I though carefully through my purchases and what I wanted or did not want.
I’m saying that you should get extra supplies, and stock up, but to do it intelligently. Calmly. Rationally. Methodically.
This entire virus episode is a good test of the stability of social systems. If this was a more serious crisis, one can only imagine what things would look like.
It is motivation to prepare for the wise. A little cold “blast” in the summer to remind one of winter that will inevitably come upon all.
But think as you react. Don’t be a fool.
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shoebat--2020-03-15--Hindu Nationalists Are Telling Their Followers To Drink Cow Urine And Bathe In Cow Feces To Cure COV

Hindu Nationalists Are Telling Their Followers To Drink Cow Urine And Bathe In Cow Feces To Cure COVID-19 Coronavirus

Muslims are often laughed at for questionable behavior practices related to Islam .
Hindu nationalists love to point this out , but they also do similar and sometimes stranger things .
According to a recent story from Deutsche Welle , Hindu nationalists are telling their followers and organizing large events to drink cow urine and bathe in cow feces to cure the COVID-19 coronavirus .
The chief of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha ( All India Hindu Union ) group hosted a cow urine-drinking event on Saturday in New Delhi , hoping that the practice staves off the coronavirus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ sacred .
Some leaders from Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’ s Hindu nationalist party have advocated cow urine or cow dung for its “ medicinal ” properties .
“ We have been drinking cow urine for 21 years , we also take a bath in cow dung .
We have never felt the need to consume English medicine , ” said Om Prakash , one of the party attendees .
Suman Harpriya , a legislator in the northeastern state of Assam , told state lawmakers during an assembly session on March 2 that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used to treat COVID-19 .
( source ) This is not about just “ laughing at Hindus ” .
It is pointing out the blatant hypocrisy of them .
They and many others will criticize Muslims , but they will not criticize themselves or other groups when it is not believed to be politically expedient , or because one actually believes in the same things but one thinks that one is better than the ones he is criticizing .
It is true that no man is free of hypocrisy , but all must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One can not criticize the Muslims for something so blatant but then to avoid the Hindu nationalists , who are open supporters of National Socialism , and will commit genocide against Muslim and Christian alike in India .
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Muslims are often laughed at for questionable behavior practices related to Islam. Hindu nationalists love to point this out, but they also do similar and sometimes stranger things. According to a recent story from Deutsche Welle, Hindu nationalists are telling their followers and organizing large events to drink cow urine and bathe in cow feces to cure the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The chief of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (All India Hindu Union) group hosted a cow urine-drinking event on Saturday in New Delhi, hoping that the practice staves off the coronavirus. Many Hindus consider the cow to be sacred. Some leaders from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party have advocated cow urine or cow dung for its “medicinal” properties. “We have been drinking cow urine for 21 years, we also take a bath in cow dung. We have never felt the need to consume English medicine,” said Om Prakash, one of the party attendees. Suman Harpriya, a legislator in the northeastern state of Assam, told state lawmakers during an assembly session on March 2 that cow urine and cow dung could be used to treat COVID-19. (source)
This is not about just “laughing at Hindus”.
It is pointing out the blatant hypocrisy of them.
They and many others will criticize Muslims, but they will not criticize themselves or other groups when it is not believed to be politically expedient, or because one actually believes in the same things but one thinks that one is better than the ones he is criticizing.
It is true that no man is free of hypocrisy, but all must strive to be constant in principle.
One cannot criticize the Muslims for something so blatant but then to avoid the Hindu nationalists, who are open supporters of National Socialism, and will commit genocide against Muslim and Christian alike in India.
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shoebat--2020-03-16--San Francisco Puts Down Veritable Travel Ban With ‘Quarantine In Place’ Order

Things are starting to get real serious now .
KTLA5 by way of AP News reports that San Francisco has ordered seven million people into a ‘ quarantine in place ’ order , where except for going to buy food or medical issues , people are being required to stay at home in ‘ quarantine ’ .
Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a sweeping shelter-in-place mandate Monday affecting nearly 7 million people , ordering residents to stay at home and go outside only for food , medicine and outings that are absolutely essential .
The order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out only for necessities for three weeks starting Tuesday in a desperate attempt by officials to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus .
“ I know today ’ s order is a radical step .
It has to be .
We need to act now , all of us , to protect the public health , ” said Dr. Grant Colfax , director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health .
If affects the counties of San Francisco , Marin , Santa Clara , San Mateo , Contra Costa and Alameda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Oakland .
“ We must move aggressively and immediately , ” said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo , whose city is the epicenter of Bay Area outbreak .
“ History will not forgive us for waiting an hour more.
” ( source ) If it is happening in San Francisco , this may go nationwide at some point and in some fashion .
This is not good .
I do not want to cause alarm , but to say that now is the time to be alert .
Get what you can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does not know what this may mean for the future , especially if the federal government begins to institute a sort of travel ban .
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Things are starting to get real serious now. KTLA5 by way of AP News reports that San Francisco has ordered seven million people into a ‘quarantine in place’ order, where except for going to buy food or medical issues, people are being required to stay at home in ‘quarantine’.
Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a sweeping shelter-in-place mandate Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, ordering residents to stay at home and go outside only for food, medicine and outings that are absolutely essential. The order says residents must stay inside and venture out only for necessities for three weeks starting Tuesday in a desperate attempt by officials to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. “I know today’s order is a radical step. It has to be. We need to act now, all of us, to protect the public health,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. If affects the counties of San Francisco, Marin, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Alameda, which includes the cities of Berkeley and Oakland. “We must move aggressively and immediately,” said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, whose city is the epicenter of Bay Area outbreak. “History will not forgive us for waiting an hour more.” (source)
If it is happening in San Francisco, this may go nationwide at some point and in some fashion.
This is not good.
I do not want to cause alarm, but to say that now is the time to be alert.
Get what you can as you are able to because one does not know what this may mean for the future, especially if the federal government begins to institute a sort of travel ban.
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shoebat--2020-03-16--Five Earthquakes Hit Carolinas And Tennessee In Fifteen Hours

Natural disasters pose a major threat to the US , perhaps even more than a political threat , because the former can not be controlled for the most part , and if such were to happen at a politically unstable time , the results could be disastrous .
According to a recent report from the Charlotte Observer , five earthquakes hit the Carolinas and Tennessee in less than fifteen hours .
At least five earthquakes reaching up to 2.4 magnitude rattled the Carolinas and Tennessee within 24 hours , the U.S. Geological Survey reports .
The other quakes ranged from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the USGS .
The series of quakes began around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday in Mulberry , North Carolina , the USGS reported .
More followed over the next several hours , with the most recent one striking around 8 a.m. Monday .
The largest 2.4 quake hit around 11 p.m. near Centerville , South Carolina — about 30 miles southwest of Greenville , according to the USGS .
At least 480 people , some as far as 300 miles away in Georgia , reported feeling the tremor to the agency .
( source @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more earthquakes in the region ?
It is possible , but the main to watch is if one starts seeing them near the Mississippi river region or near Yellowstone , as there are major inland fault lines in those regions that pose a direct threat to the country .
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Natural disasters pose a major threat to the US, perhaps even more than a political threat, because the former cannot be controlled for the most part, and if such were to happen at a politically unstable time, the results could be disastrous. According to a recent report from the Charlotte Observer, five earthquakes hit the Carolinas and Tennessee in less than fifteen hours.
At least five earthquakes reaching up to 2.4 magnitude rattled the Carolinas and Tennessee within 24 hours, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The other quakes ranged from 1.7 to 2.2 magnitude, according to the USGS. The series of quakes began around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday in Mulberry, North Carolina, the USGS reported. More followed over the next several hours, with the most recent one striking around 8 a.m. Monday. The largest 2.4 quake hit around 11 p.m. near Centerville, South Carolina — about 30 miles southwest of Greenville, according to the USGS. At least 480 people, some as far as 300 miles away in Georgia, reported feeling the tremor to the agency. (source)
Could this be a sign of more earthquakes in the region? It is possible, but the main to watch is if one starts seeing them near the Mississippi river region or near Yellowstone, as there are major inland fault lines in those regions that pose a direct threat to the country.
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shoebat--2020-03-16--Trump Declares That States Are On Their Own To Help Themselves With The COVID-19 Epidemic

President Trump declared that states need to work on their own to secure equipment for their hospitals to help deal with the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic according to the New York Times .
President Trump told a group of governors Monday morning that they should not wait for the federal government to fill the growing demand for respirators needed to help people diagnosed with coronavirus .
“ Respirators , ventilators , all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves , ” Mr. Trump told the governors during the conference call , a recording of which was shared with The New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ backing you , but try getting it yourselves .
Point of sales , much better , much more direct if you can get it yourself.
” The suggestion surprised some of the governors , who have been scrambling to contain the outbreak and are increasingly looking to the federal government for help with equipment , personnel and financial aid .
Mr. Trump used much of the call to repeat the same upbeat rhetoric he has offered in public , assuring the governors : “ We ’ re going to get it remedied and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Federal Reserve ’ s emergency intervention , Mr. Trump also told the governors that the central bank ’ s purchase of $ 500 billion of Treasury bonds and $ 200 billion of mortgage-backed securities will “ probably go up substantially from that level.
” Without directly faulting former President Obama , he said “ we broke down a system that was broken , very badly broken ” and vowed to create one “ that I think is going to be the talk of the world.
” ( source )

President Trump declared that states need to work on their own to secure equipment for their hospitals to help deal with the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic according to the New York Times.
President Trump told a group of governors Monday morning that they should not wait for the federal government to fill the growing demand for respirators needed to help people diagnosed with coronavirus.
“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,” Mr. Trump told the governors during the conference call, a recording of which was shared with The New York Times.
“We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves. Point of sales, much better, much more direct if you can get it yourself.”
The suggestion surprised some of the governors, who have been scrambling to contain the outbreak and are increasingly looking to the federal government for help with equipment, personnel and financial aid.
…
Mr. Trump used much of the call to repeat the same upbeat rhetoric he has offered in public, assuring the governors: “We’re going to get it remedied and hopefully very quickly.”
Alluding to the Federal Reserve’s emergency intervention, Mr. Trump also told the governors that the central bank’s purchase of $500 billion of Treasury bonds and $200 billion of mortgage-backed securities will “probably go up substantially from that level.”
Without directly faulting former President Obama, he said “we broke down a system that was broken, very badly broken” and vowed to create one “that I think is going to be the talk of the world.” (source)


shoebat--2020-03-16--Will The Fed Give Thousands Of Dollars To People For “Coronavirus Relief”?

There has been a lot of talk now about bailing out the airlines and travel industries .
But what about the common man ?
Will he get a break ?
The answer may be soon , as one economist is proposing “ coronavirus relief ” in the form of a subsidy given to people at a rate of a grand per person and $ 500 per child according to the Wall Street Journal .
President Trump has floated the idea of a payroll-tax cut , but this has significant drawbacks .
It would be too slow and dispersed to substantially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ receive only a modest benefit every pay period .
The distributional effects are worrisome as well : A one-year payroll tax cut of 2 % of income would provide up to a $ 5,508 tax cut to a high-income couple , only $ 500 to a single parent getting by on $ 25,000 a year , and nothing for a worker placed on leave without pay .
This isn ’ t the fairest or most efficient way to increase aggregate demand .
Instead , Congress should pass a simple one-time payment of $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. citizen or a taxpaying U.S. resident , and $ 500 to every child who meets the same criteria .
This is similar to , but somewhat more generous than , what President Bush did in 2008 .
Back then , electronic deposits were made available within three months .
Some consumers might spend the money right away to meet rent if they lose their regular paycheck ; others might have stronger balance sheets and spend the money at whatever uncertain date the virus is contained .
( source ) If this happens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the American population .
It would be 2007 , but for people and not corporations .
I ’ m not saying this is good .
It would likley devalue the dollar .
I am saying that one should pay attention to it because if it happens , it will have major political consequences and economic ones too .
This would be fascinating- in a bad way -if it happened , as it would be TARP for the public .
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There has been a lot of talk now about bailing out the airlines and travel industries. But what about the common man? Will he get a break? The answer may be soon, as one economist is proposing “coronavirus relief” in the form of a subsidy given to people at a rate of a grand per person and $500 per child according to the Wall Street Journal.
President Trump has floated the idea of a payroll-tax cut, but this has significant drawbacks. It would be too slow and dispersed to substantially stimulate the economy, as households would receive only a modest benefit every pay period. The distributional effects are worrisome as well: A one-year payroll tax cut of 2% of income would provide up to a $5,508 tax cut to a high-income couple, only $500 to a single parent getting by on $25,000 a year, and nothing for a worker placed on leave without pay. This isn’t the fairest or most efficient way to increase aggregate demand. Instead, Congress should pass a simple one-time payment of $1,000 to every adult who is a U.S. citizen or a taxpaying U.S. resident, and $500 to every child who meets the same criteria. This is similar to, but somewhat more generous than, what President Bush did in 2008. Back then, electronic deposits were made available within three months. Some consumers might spend the money right away to meet rent if they lose their regular paycheck; others might have stronger balance sheets and spend the money at whatever uncertain date the virus is contained.
(source)
If this happens, it would be a massive bailout of the American population. It would be 2007, but for people and not corporations.
I’m not saying this is good. It would likley devalue the dollar.
I am saying that one should pay attention to it because if it happens, it will have major political consequences and economic ones too.
This would be fascinating- in a bad way -if it happened, as it would be TARP for the public.
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