lifesitenews--2020-10-06--Abp. Viganò on Pope’s new Fratelli Tutti document: Brotherhood against God is ‘blasphemous’

October 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In comments to LifeSite ( see full statement below ) , Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò strongly criticizes different statements of the new papal encyclical on human fraternity , Fratelli Tutti , that seem to promote religious indifferentism ( the idea that other religions are just as pleasing to God as the Catholic faith ) .
LifeSite reached out to the Italian prelate , asking him to comment on a few specific quotations from the new papal document that seem to indicate an attitude of religious indifferentism and a lack of zeal to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these quotations yesterday in an initial report .
In commenting on some of the new papal statements , the prelate rejects Pope Francis ’ claim that “ we , the believers of the different religions , know that our witness to God benefits our societies.
” Here , Pope Francis suggests that a religion that is not following Jesus Christ could be good for society , thus excluding the claims of Jesus Christ as the King of society , as Pope Pius XI had explained them in his 1925 encyclical Quas Primas .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposed to God – since it does not acknowledge Christ 's Kingship on earth – can finally only be displeasing to God , according to Viganò , yes , even “ blasphemous.
” The Italian prelate recently presented a larger analysis on how Christ the King has not only been eliminated from society , but also from the Catholic Church , in the wake of the Second Vatican Council .
Moreover , Archbishop Viganò criticizes “ equivocal ” statements of Fratelli Tutti ( here is a summary of that document ) that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once more rejects the novel concept of religious liberty introduced by the Second Vatican Council and which Pope Francis once more now endorses .
This teaching on religious liberty has been recently criticized both by Archbishop Viganò and Bishop Athanasius Schneider .
There can be no right to do what is wrong , they insisted .
The Italian prelate makes it clear : “ This concept of religious freedom – which replaces the freedom of the one Religion , the ‘ freedom of the Catholic Religion to exercise its mission ’ and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Catholic Church without impediment from the State ’ with the license to adhere to any creed , regardless of its credibility and credenda ( what we have to believe ) – is heretical and irreconcilable with the immutable doctrine of the Church.
” He continues by saying that the human being “ has no right to error : freedom from coercion magisterially explained by Leo XIII in the Encyclical Libertas praestantissimum does not eliminate the moral obligation to freely adhere only to the good , since upon the freedom of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , one ’ s capacity to deserve a reward or a punishment.
” About Pope Francis ’ idea that different people “ drink from different sources , ” while we Catholics drink from the source of Jesus Christ , Archbishop Viganò says that “ the only source from which it is possible to drink is Our Lord Jesus Christ , through the one Church that He has established for the salvation of souls.
” Rejecting this sense of equality of the sources from which people drink , he reminds that other sources actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eternal life : “ Those who try to quench their thirst from other sources do not quench their thirst and almost certainly poison themselves.
” Moreover , when discussing Pope Francis ’ claim that God loves everybody independent of his religion and that in the end there might even be “ surprises , ” Archbishop Viganò becomes indignant and points out that of course God ’ s love for us is proportionate to how our lives correspond to His Commandments and instructions .
While God created all of us and wishes our salvation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finally be decisive : “ In the supernatural order , ” the prelate writes , “ God ’ s love for a person is proportional to his state of Grace , that is to the extent to which this soul corresponds to the Gift of God through Faith and works , deserving the eternal reward.
” Therefore , in the face of such ambiguous and misleading papal statements , the archbishop comments : “ Among those who will have ‘ several surprises ’ there will actually be those who believe they can adulterate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ravings of the Modernists and the adherence to the perverse ideologies of the century , and it will be seen that what the Church has always preached , and that the anti-church obstinately denies , corresponds exactly to what Our Lord taught the Apostles.
” We as Catholics should defend the uniqueness of the faith – to include the healing and grace-filled gifts of the Seven Sacraments as means of salvation .
We should not dilute it by ignoring the Social Kingship of Christ – His claim over our temporal life here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brotherhood that is not based on a faith in Jesus Christ .
The following are Archbishop Viganò 's responses to each of the encyclical quotes presented to him by LifeSite : 274 .
From our faith experience and from the wisdom accumulated over centuries , but also from lessons learned from our many weaknesses and failures , we , the believers of the different religions , know that our witness to God benefits our societies .
The proposition “ we , the believers of the different religions , know that our witness to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equivocal : “ making God present ” means nothing in the strict sense ( God is present in Himself ) .
In a broad sense , if one intends “ to make God present through the presence of one or more religions ” as opposed to the “ departure from religious values ” referred to in point 275 , as the text seems to suggest , the proposition is erroneous and heretical , because it puts on the same level the divine Revelation of the living and true God with the “ prostitutions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ false religions .
To argue that the presence of false religions “ benefits our societies ” is equally heretical , because it not only offends the Majesty of God , but also legitimizes the action of dissidents , attributing merit rather than responsibility for the damnation of souls and for the wars of religion waged against the Church of Christ by heretics , Muslims and idolaters .
This passage is also offensive because it surreptitiously implies that this “ good for our societies ” has been generically acquired “ also by learning from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while in reality the “ weaknesses and failures ” are attributable to sects and only indirectly and “ per accidens ” to the men of the Church .
Finally , I would like to point out that religious indifferentism , implicitly promoted in the text Fratelli Tutti , which defines as `` a good for our societies '' the presence of any religion – instead of `` the liberty and exaltation of Holy Mother Church '' – denies in fact the sovereign rights of Jesus Christ , King and Lord of individuals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Pius XI , in his immortal Encyclical Quas Primas , proclaims : “ What wonder , then , that he whom St. John calls the 'prince of the kings of the earth ' appears in the Apostle 's vision of the future as he who 'hath on his garment and on his thigh written 'King of kings and Lord of lords ! '
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It is Christ whom the Father 'hath appointed heir of all things ' ; 'for he must reign until at the end of the world he hath @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of God and the Father . '
” And since the enemies of God can not be our friends , the brotherhood of the peoples against God is not only ontologically impossible , but theologically blasphemous .
277 .
The Church esteems the ways in which God works in other religions , and “ rejects nothing of what is true and holy in these religions .
She has a high regard for their manner of life and conduct , their precepts and doctrines which… often reflect a ray of that truth which enlightens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Nostra aetate , 2 ) The reference to the conciliar document Nostra aetate is the confirmation of the ideological link of the Bergoglian heretical thought with the premises earlier set by Vatican II .
In false religions there is nothing true and holy “ ex se , ” since any elements of truth that they can preserve are in any case usurped , and used to conceal the error and make it more harmful .
No respect can be accorded to false religions , whose precepts and doctrines must be excluded and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among these elements of truth and holiness Bergoglio wants to include for example the concept of one God who should bring Catholics closer to those who profess a monotheistic religion , it should be clarified that there is a substantial and unavoidable difference between the true God One and Triune and the merciful god of Islam .
277 .
Others drink from other sources .
For us the wellspring of human dignity and fraternity is in the Gospel of Jesus Christ .
The only source from which it is possible to drink is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one Church that He has established for the salvation of souls .
Those who try to quench their thirst from other sources do not quench their thirst and almost certainly poison themselves .
It is also disputable that the heterodox concept of human dignity and brotherhood of which Fratelli Tutti speaks can be found in the Gospel , which indeed clearly contradicts this horizontal , immanentist and indifferentist vision theorized by Bergoglio .
Finally , the specification “ for us ” is misleading , because it relativizes the objectivity of the Gospel message @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experiencing things , and consequently deprives it of its authority , which arises from the divine and supernatural origin of Sacred Scripture .
279 .
[ … ] One fundamental human right must not be forgotten in the journey towards fraternity and peace .
It is religious freedom for believers of all religions .
Religious freedom for believers of all religions is not a human right , but an abuse devoid of any theological foundation , and , even before that , it is neither philosophical nor logical .
This concept of religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the one Religion , the “ freedom of the Catholic Religion to exercise its mission ” and the “ freedom of the faithful to adhere to the Catholic Church without impediment from the State ” with the license to adhere to any creed , regardless of its credibility and credenda ( what we have to believe ) – is heretical and irreconcilable with the immutable doctrine of the Church .
The human being has no right to error : freedom from coercion magisterially explained by Leo XIII in the Encyclical Libertas praestantissimum does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adhere only to the good , since upon the freedom of this act depends its morality , that is , one ’ s capacity to deserve a reward or a punishment .
The State can tolerate error in certain situations , but it can never legitimately place error on the same level as truth , nor consider all religions to be equivalent or irrelevant : religious indifferentism is condemned by the Magisterium , just as is religious relativism .
The Church has the mission of converting souls to the true Faith , snatching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vice .
Theorizing an alleged right to error and its diffusion is also an offense to God and a betrayal of the vicarious authority of the Sacred Pastors , which they must exercise for the purpose for which it was established , and not to spread the error and discredit the Church of Christ .
It is unbelievable that the Vicar of Christ ( I forgot : Bergoglio has renounced this title ! )
can recognize any right to false religions , since the Church is the Lamb ’ s Bride , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Our Lord could have more brides .
281 .
[ … ] “ God does not see with his eyes , God sees with his heart .
And God ’ s love is the same for everyone , regardless of religion .
Even if they are atheists , his love is the same .
When the last day comes , and there is sufficient light to see things as they really are , we are going to find ourselves quite surprised.
” ( From the film Pope Francis : A Man of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2018 ) ) The use of striking expressions lacking in clarity of meaning is one of the ways that Innovators use to insinuate errors without formulating them clearly .
The proposition “ God does not look with his eyes , God looks with his heart ” can be at best a moving expression , but devoid of any doctrinal value .
On the contrary , it leads us to believe that in God knowledge and love are dissociated , that God ’ s love is blind and that , consequently , the orientation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in His eyes .
The proposition “ God ’ s love is the same for every person , of whatever religion ” is gravely equivocal and deceptive , more insidious than a blatant heresy .
It leads us to believe that man ’ s free response and adherence to God ’ s love is irrelevant to his eternal destiny .
In the natural order , God creates every person with an act of gratuitous love : God ’ s love is extended to all his creatures .
But every human person is created @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eternal glory .
God grants each person the supernatural graces necessary so that each one can know Him , love Him , serve Him , obey His law inscribed in the heart , and thus come to embrace the Faith .
In the supernatural order , God ’ s love for a person is proportional to his state of Grace , that is to the extent to which this soul corresponds to the Gift of God through Faith and works , deserving the eternal reward .
In the plans of Providence , love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the pagan and the atheist - can consist in granting of greater graces touching his heart and leading him to repentance and adherence to the true Faith .
“ When the last day arrives and there will be sufficient light on earth to be able to see things as they are , we will have several surprises ” : this proposition suggests that what the Church teaches can somehow be disproved on the day of the Last Judgment .
Among those who will have “ several surprises ” there will actually be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Faith and the Moral Order with the ravings of the Modernists and the adherence to the perverse ideologies of the century , and it will be seen that what the Church has always preached , and that the anti-church obstinately denies , corresponds exactly to what Our Lord taught the Apostles .

Archbishop Viganò criticizes 'equivocal' statements of Fratelli Tutti that 'are lacking clarity,' and he once more rejects the novel concept of religious liberty introduced by the Second Vatican Council and which Pope Francis once more now endorses.
October 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In comments to LifeSite (see full statement below), Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò strongly criticizes different statements of the new papal encyclical on human fraternity, Fratelli Tutti, that seem to promote religious indifferentism (the idea that other religions are just as pleasing to God as the Catholic faith).
LifeSite reached out to the Italian prelate, asking him to comment on a few specific quotations from the new papal document that seem to indicate an attitude of religious indifferentism and a lack of zeal to convert others to Catholicism. LifeSite presented these quotations yesterday in an initial report.
In commenting on some of the new papal statements, the prelate rejects Pope Francis’ claim that “we, the believers of the different religions, know that our witness to God benefits our societies.” Here, Pope Francis suggests that a religion that is not following Jesus Christ could be good for society, thus excluding the claims of Jesus Christ as the King of society, as Pope Pius XI had explained them in his 1925 encyclical Quas Primas. Such a brotherhood that thereby is finally opposed to God – since it does not acknowledge Christ's Kingship on earth – can finally only be displeasing to God, according to Viganò, yes, even “blasphemous.”
The Italian prelate recently presented a larger analysis on how Christ the King has not only been eliminated from society, but also from the Catholic Church, in the wake of the Second Vatican Council.
Moreover, Archbishop Viganò criticizes “equivocal” statements of Fratelli Tutti (here is a summary of that document) that “are lacking clarity,” and he once more rejects the novel concept of religious liberty introduced by the Second Vatican Council and which Pope Francis once more now endorses. This teaching on religious liberty has been recently criticized both by Archbishop Viganò and Bishop Athanasius Schneider. There can be no right to do what is wrong, they insisted.
The Italian prelate makes it clear: “This concept of religious freedom – which replaces the freedom of the one Religion, the ‘freedom of the Catholic Religion to exercise its mission’ and the ‘freedom of the faithful to adhere to the Catholic Church without impediment from the State’ with the license to adhere to any creed, regardless of its credibility and credenda (what we have to believe) – is heretical and irreconcilable with the immutable doctrine of the Church.” He continues by saying that the human being “has no right to error: freedom from coercion magisterially explained by Leo XIII in the Encyclical Libertas praestantissimum does not eliminate the moral obligation to freely adhere only to the good, since upon the freedom of this act depends its morality, that is, one’s capacity to deserve a reward or a punishment.”
About Pope Francis’ idea that different people “drink from different sources,” while we Catholics drink from the source of Jesus Christ, Archbishop Viganò says that “the only source from which it is possible to drink is Our Lord Jesus Christ, through the one Church that He has established for the salvation of souls.” Rejecting this sense of equality of the sources from which people drink, he reminds that other sources actually are not good for the soul's eternal life: “Those who try to quench their thirst from other sources do not quench their thirst and almost certainly poison themselves.”
Moreover, when discussing Pope Francis’ claim that God loves everybody independent of his religion and that in the end there might even be “surprises,” Archbishop Viganò becomes indignant and points out that of course God’s love for us is proportionate to how our lives correspond to His Commandments and instructions. While God created all of us and wishes our salvation, our own works and faith will finally be decisive: “In the supernatural order,” the prelate writes, “God’s love for a person is proportional to his state of Grace, that is to the extent to which this soul corresponds to the Gift of God through Faith and works, deserving the eternal reward.”
Therefore, in the face of such ambiguous and misleading papal statements, the archbishop comments: “Among those who will have ‘several surprises’ there will actually be those who believe they can adulterate the Faith and the Moral Order with the ravings of the Modernists and the adherence to the perverse ideologies of the century, and it will be seen that what the Church has always preached, and that the anti-church obstinately denies, corresponds exactly to what Our Lord taught the Apostles.”
We as Catholics should defend the uniqueness of the faith – to include the healing and grace-filled gifts of the Seven Sacraments as means of salvation. We should not dilute it by ignoring the Social Kingship of Christ – His claim over our temporal life here on earth – and by posing a brotherhood that is not based on a faith in Jesus Christ.
The following are Archbishop Viganò's responses to each of the encyclical quotes presented to him by LifeSite:
274. From our faith experience and from the wisdom accumulated over centuries, but also from lessons learned from our many weaknesses and failures, we, the believers of the different religions, know that our witness to God benefits our societies.
The proposition “we, the believers of the different religions, know that our witness to God benefits our societies” is deliberately equivocal: “making God present” means nothing in the strict sense (God is present in Himself). In a broad sense, if one intends “to make God present through the presence of one or more religions” as opposed to the “departure from religious values” referred to in point 275, as the text seems to suggest, the proposition is erroneous and heretical, because it puts on the same level the divine Revelation of the living and true God with the “prostitutions”, as the Sacred Scripture calls false religions. To argue that the presence of false religions “benefits our societies” is equally heretical, because it not only offends the Majesty of God, but also legitimizes the action of dissidents, attributing merit rather than responsibility for the damnation of souls and for the wars of religion waged against the Church of Christ by heretics, Muslims and idolaters. This passage is also offensive because it surreptitiously implies that this “good for our societies” has been generically acquired “also by learning from many of our weaknesses and failures”, while in reality the “weaknesses and failures” are attributable to sects and only indirectly and “per accidens” to the men of the Church.
Finally, I would like to point out that religious indifferentism, implicitly promoted in the text Fratelli Tutti, which defines as “a good for our societies” the presence of any religion – instead of “the liberty and exaltation of Holy Mother Church” – denies in fact the sovereign rights of Jesus Christ, King and Lord of individuals, of the societies and of nations.
Pius XI, in his immortal Encyclical Quas Primas, proclaims: “What wonder, then, that he whom St. John calls the 'prince of the kings of the earth' appears in the Apostle's vision of the future as he who 'hath on his garment and on his thigh written 'King of kings and Lord of lords!'.' It is Christ whom the Father 'hath appointed heir of all things'; 'for he must reign until at the end of the world he hath put all his enemies under the feet of God and the Father.'” And since the enemies of God cannot
be our friends, the brotherhood of the peoples against God is not only ontologically impossible, but theologically blasphemous.
277. The Church esteems the ways in which God works in other religions, and “rejects nothing of what is true and holy in these religions. She has a high regard for their manner of life and conduct, their precepts and doctrines which… often reflect a ray of that truth which enlightens all men and women.” (Decl. Nostra aetate, 2)
The reference to the conciliar document Nostra aetate is the confirmation of the ideological link of the Bergoglian heretical thought with the premises earlier set by Vatican II. In false religions there is nothing true and holy “ex se,” since any elements of truth that they can preserve are in any case usurped, and used to conceal the error and make it more harmful. No respect can be accorded to false religions, whose precepts and doctrines must be excluded and rejected in their entirety. If then among these elements of truth and holiness Bergoglio wants to include for example the concept of one God who should bring Catholics closer to those who profess a monotheistic religion, it should be clarified that there is a substantial and unavoidable difference between the true God One and Triune and the merciful god of Islam.
277. Others drink from other sources. For us the wellspring of human dignity and fraternity is in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The only source from which it is possible to drink is Our Lord Jesus Christ, through the one Church that He has established for the salvation of souls. Those who try to quench their thirst from other sources do not quench their thirst and almost certainly poison themselves. It is also disputable that the heterodox concept of human dignity and brotherhood of which Fratelli Tutti speaks can be found in the Gospel, which indeed clearly contradicts this horizontal, immanentist and indifferentist vision theorized by Bergoglio. Finally, the specification “for us” is misleading, because it relativizes the objectivity of the Gospel message to a personal way of seeing or experiencing things, and consequently deprives it of its authority, which arises from the divine and supernatural origin of Sacred Scripture.
279. […] One fundamental human right must not be forgotten in the journey towards fraternity and peace. It is religious freedom for believers of all religions.
Religious freedom for believers of all religions is not a human right, but an abuse devoid of any theological foundation, and, even before that, it is neither philosophical nor logical. This concept of religious freedom – which replaces the freedom of the one Religion, the “freedom of the Catholic Religion to exercise its mission” and the “freedom of the faithful to adhere to the Catholic Church without impediment from the State” with the license to adhere to any creed, regardless of its credibility and credenda (what we have to believe) – is heretical and irreconcilable with the immutable doctrine of the Church. The human being has no right to error: freedom from coercion magisterially explained by Leo XIII in the Encyclical Libertas praestantissimum does not eliminate the moral obligation to freely adhere only to the good, since upon the freedom of this act depends its morality, that is, one’s capacity to deserve a reward or a punishment. The State can tolerate error in certain situations, but it can never legitimately place error on the same level as truth, nor consider all religions to be equivalent or irrelevant: religious indifferentism is condemned by the Magisterium, just as is religious relativism. The Church has the mission of converting souls to the true Faith, snatching them from the darkness of error and vice. Theorizing an alleged right to error and its diffusion is also an offense to God and a betrayal of the vicarious authority of the Sacred Pastors, which they must exercise for the purpose for which it was established, and not to spread the error and discredit the Church of Christ. It is unbelievable that the Vicar of Christ (I forgot: Bergoglio has renounced this title!) can recognize any right to false religions, since the Church is the Lamb’s Bride, and it would be blasphemous to just think that Our Lord could have more brides.
281. […] “God does not see with his eyes, God sees with his heart. And God’s love is the same for everyone, regardless of religion. Even if they are atheists, his love is the same. When the last day comes, and there is sufficient light to see things as they really are, we are going to find ourselves quite surprised.” (From the film Pope Francis: A Man of His Word, by Wim Wenders (2018))
The use of striking expressions lacking in clarity of meaning is one of the ways that Innovators use to insinuate errors without formulating them clearly. The proposition “God does not look with his eyes, God looks with his heart” can be at best a moving expression, but devoid of any doctrinal value. On the contrary, it leads us to believe that in God knowledge and love are dissociated, that God’s love is blind and that, consequently, the orientation of our own actions has no value in His eyes.
The proposition “God’s love is the same for every person, of whatever religion” is gravely equivocal and deceptive, more insidious than a blatant heresy. It leads us to believe that man’s free response and adherence to God’s love is irrelevant to his eternal destiny.
In the natural order, God creates every person with an act of gratuitous love: God’s love is extended to all his creatures. But every human person is created with a view to filial adoption and eternal glory. God grants each person the supernatural graces necessary so that each one can know Him, love Him, serve Him, obey His law inscribed in the heart, and thus come to embrace the Faith.
In the supernatural order, God’s love for a person is proportional to his state of Grace, that is to the extent to which this soul corresponds to the Gift of God through Faith and works, deserving the eternal reward. In the plans of Providence, love for the sinner – including the heretic, the pagan and the atheist – can consist in granting of greater graces touching his heart and leading him to repentance and adherence to the true Faith.
“When the last day arrives and there will be sufficient light on earth to be able to see things as they are, we will have several surprises”: this proposition suggests that what the Church teaches can somehow be disproved on the day of the Last Judgment. Among those who will have “several surprises” there will actually be those who believe they can adulterate the Faith and the Moral Order with the ravings of the Modernists and the adherence to the perverse ideologies of the century, and it will be seen that what the Church has always preached, and that the anti-church obstinately denies, corresponds exactly to what Our Lord taught the Apostles.
+ Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop
Follow Maike Dr. Maike Hickson was born and raised in Germany. She holds a PhD from the University of Hannover, Germany, after having written in Switzerland her doctoral dissertation on the history of Swiss intellectuals before and during World War II. She now lives in the U.S. and is married to Dr. Robert Hickson, and they have been blessed with two beautiful children. She is a happy housewife who likes to write articles when time permits. Dr. Hickson published in 2014 a Festschrift, a collection of some thirty essays written by thoughtful authors in honor of her husband upon his 70th birthday, which is entitled A Catholic Witness in Our Time. Hickson has closely followed the papacy of Pope Francis and the developments in the Catholic Church in Germany, and she has been writing articles on religion and politics for U.S. and European publications and websites such as LifeSiteNews, OnePeterFive, The Wanderer, Rorate Caeli, Catholicism.org, Catholic Family News, Christian Order, Notizie Pro-Vita, Corrispondenza Romana, Katholisches.info, Der Dreizehnte, Zeit-Fragen, and Westfalen-Blatt.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-06--Why ‘Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden’ are not really pro-life nor is their agenda ‘biblically balanc

Why ‘Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden’ are not really pro-life nor is their agenda ‘biblically balanced’

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October 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A group of prominent evangelical leaders has just launched a statement on behalf of a “ movement ” they are referring to as “ Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden.
” With signatories including Richard Mouw , president emeritus of Fuller Seminary ; Jerusha Duford , Billy Graham ’ s granddaughter ; and John Huffman , the board chair emeritus of Christianity Today , the statement calls on evangelicals who oppose the destruction of pre-born babies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who has committed to an expansion of abortion rights unprecedented in American history .
The statement begins with a cursory repudiation of Biden ’ s position : “ As pro-life evangelicals , we disagree with Vice President Biden and the Democratic platform on the issue of abortion.
” However : “ We believe a biblically shaped commitment to the sanctity of life compels us to a consistent ethic of life that affirms the sanctity of human life from beginning to end.
” For this reason , the signatories posit , abortion should not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m ] any things that good political decisions could change destroy persons created in the image of God and violate the sanctity of human life .
Poverty kills millions every year .
So does lack of healthcare and smoking .
Racism kills .
Unless we quickly make major changes , devastating climate change will kill tens of millions .
Poverty , lack of accessible health care services , smoking , racism and climate change are all pro-life issues.
” The signatories then insinuate that “ Democratic proposals ” would reduce the abortion rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deceit that abortion rates go down due to Democratic presidents last month ) , and explain that according to the National Association of Evangelicals ’ official public policy document : “ ‘ Faithful evangelical civic engagement and witness must champion a biblically balanced agenda.
’ Therefore we oppose ‘ one issue ’ political thinking because it lack biblical balance…For these reasons , we believe that on balance , Joe Biden ’ s policies are more consistent with the biblically shaped ethic of life than those of Donald Trump .
Therefore , even as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortion , we urge evangelicals to elect Joe Biden as president . ''
The number of problems with this statement is staggering .
To start , the signatories confuse intrinsic evils—like intentionally dismembering a developing human being in the womb—with contingent evils .
The entire statement also reveals that regardless of what they are attempting to convey , the signatories simply do not take abortion seriously and do not actually present abortion for what it is .
If abortion is the direct and intentional destruction of a vulnerable and helpless human being created @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could possibly excuse voting for someone who supports that act ?
For example , these evangelicals state that not to vote for Biden over his support for destroying babies in the womb ( as well as his commitment to repeal the Hyde Amendment , which has saved 2.4 million lives thus far ) is essentially legalistic and not “ biblically balanced.
” But to understand the extent to which these evangelicals are dismissing the value of the pre-born , ask yourself this : Would they apply the same standard to any other group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ committed to alleviating poverty , fighting climate change , pacifism , and a laundry list of other policies—but supported the killing of a minority group as well ?
Would the same justifications apply ?
If the Democratic Platform supported killing indigenous people , or African Americans , or immigrants the way they support killing pre-born children in the womb , would we be told that “ on balance , ” they were still more pro-life than the party who opposed killing those people ?
Would we be told that it was morally permissible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decapitating one subset of the population at will because that party was really opposed to smoking and pollution and were in favor of improving economic conditions to the point that many people wouldn ’ t feel the need to kill other people anymore ?
I suspect not .
I suspect that this is a position that only applies to the killing of the pre-born—which says a lot about what the signatories of this statement think about the pre-born .
I ’ ve held the corpses of dead babies in my hands , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ face—and I can ’ t pretend that voting for someone who advocated for the right to kill those children is a moral option .
It simply is not .
It is also extremely revealing that the signatories of this statement actually posit a moral equivalence between abortion and smoking or climate change .
This is just transparent nonsense , and shows a genuine lack of understanding about what abortion really is .
I would encourage those claiming this moral equivalence to go online and watch a video of an abortion procedure .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quickly .
It should also banish the idea that we can vote for someone who believes it is a social good that older human beings have the right to kill younger human beings in a grotesque and barbaric fashion because that person has a few other policies that we like .
It is sadly ironic that this statement from “ pro-life evangelicals ” comes out just as Joe Biden has announced that if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade is overturned , he ’ ll enshrine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the law of the land.
” But hey—Biden doesn ’ t like poverty .
Let that distract your attention from the corpses of 65 million dead babies that litter this land as a result of Roe—and vote for the man who promises it will never end on his watch .
Jonathon ’ s new podcast , The Van Maren Show , is dedicated to telling the stories of the pro-life and pro-family movement .
In his latest episode , he interviews Marjorie Dannenfelser from the Susan B. Anthony List who tells Van Maren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pro-life movement .
Dannenfelser warns listeners that if the Democrats win , it will have a generational impact , as the left will fight to take away the core principles of our nation 's founding .
You can subscribe here and listen to the episode below :

PETITION: Urge Catholic bishops to refuse Holy Communion to pro-abortion Biden! Sign the petition here. October 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A group of prominent evangelical leaders has just launched a statement on behalf of a “movement” they are referring to as “Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden.” With signatories including Richard Mouw, president emeritus of Fuller Seminary; Jerusha Duford, Billy Graham’s granddaughter; and John Huffman, the board chair emeritus of Christianity Today, the statement calls on evangelicals who oppose the destruction of pre-born babies in the womb to vote for someone who has committed to an expansion of abortion rights unprecedented in American history. The statement begins with a cursory repudiation of Biden’s position: “As pro-life evangelicals, we disagree with Vice President Biden and the Democratic platform on the issue of abortion.” However: “We believe a biblically shaped commitment to the sanctity of life compels us to a consistent ethic of life that affirms the sanctity of human life from beginning to end.”
For this reason, the signatories posit, abortion should not be a primary concern since “[m]any things that good political decisions could change destroy persons created in the image of God and violate the sanctity of human life. Poverty kills millions every year. So does lack of healthcare and smoking. Racism kills. Unless we quickly make major changes, devastating climate change will kill tens of millions. Poverty, lack of accessible health care services, smoking, racism and climate change are all pro-life issues.”
The signatories then insinuate that “Democratic proposals” would reduce the abortion rate (Dr. Michael New effectively debunked the deceit that abortion rates go down due to Democratic presidents last month), and explain that according to the National Association of Evangelicals’ official public policy document: “‘Faithful evangelical civic engagement and witness must champion a biblically balanced agenda.’ Therefore we oppose ‘one issue’ political thinking because it lack biblical balance…For these reasons, we believe that on balance, Joe Biden’s policies are more consistent with the biblically shaped ethic of life than those of Donald Trump. Therefore, even as we continue to urge different policies on abortion, we urge evangelicals to elect Joe Biden as president.”
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The number of problems with this statement is staggering. To start, the signatories confuse intrinsic evils—like intentionally dismembering a developing human being in the womb—with contingent evils. The entire statement also reveals that regardless of what they are attempting to convey, the signatories simply do not take abortion seriously and do not actually present abortion for what it is. If abortion is the direct and intentional destruction of a vulnerable and helpless human being created in God’s image, what could possibly excuse voting for someone who supports that act?
For example, these evangelicals state that not to vote for Biden over his support for destroying babies in the womb (as well as his commitment to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which has saved 2.4 million lives thus far) is essentially legalistic and not “biblically balanced.” But to understand the extent to which these evangelicals are dismissing the value of the pre-born, ask yourself this: Would they apply the same standard to any other group? What if the Democratic Party was committed to alleviating poverty, fighting climate change, pacifism, and a laundry list of other policies—but supported the killing of a minority group as well?
Would the same justifications apply? If the Democratic Platform supported killing indigenous people, or African Americans, or immigrants the way they support killing pre-born children in the womb, would we be told that “on balance,” they were still more pro-life than the party who opposed killing those people? Would we be told that it was morally permissible to vote for the party that supported decapitating one subset of the population at will because that party was really opposed to smoking and pollution and were in favor of improving economic conditions to the point that many people wouldn’t feel the need to kill other people anymore? I suspect not. I suspect that this is a position that only applies to the killing of the pre-born—which says a lot about what the signatories of this statement think about the pre-born. I’ve held the corpses of dead babies in my hands, and I’ve looked them in the face—and I can’t pretend that voting for someone who advocated for the right to kill those children is a moral option. It simply is not.
It is also extremely revealing that the signatories of this statement actually posit a moral equivalence between abortion and smoking or climate change. This is just transparent nonsense, and shows a genuine lack of understanding about what abortion really is. I would encourage those claiming this moral equivalence to go online and watch a video of an abortion procedure. It will disabuse you of such notions very quickly. It should also banish the idea that we can vote for someone who believes it is a social good that older human beings have the right to kill younger human beings in a grotesque and barbaric fashion because that person has a few other policies that we like.
It is sadly ironic that this statement from “pro-life evangelicals” comes out just as Joe Biden has announced that if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade is overturned, he’ll enshrine Roe in statute and make it “the law of the land.” But hey—Biden doesn’t like poverty. Let that distract your attention from the corpses of 65 million dead babies that litter this land as a result of Roe—and vote for the man who promises it will never end on his watch.
Jonathon’s new podcast, The Van Maren Show, is dedicated to telling the stories of the pro-life and pro-family movement. In his latest episode, he interviews Marjorie Dannenfelser from the Susan B. Anthony List who tells Van Maren that this election is crucial for the pro-life movement. Dannenfelser warns listeners that if the Democrats win, it will have a generational impact, as the left will fight to take away the core principles of our nation's founding.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-06--Report suggests 2013 meeting between Gates, Epstein helped create longterm vaccine projects

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October 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein attended a 2013 meeting with Bill Gates and may have been instrumental in establishing connections between Gates and a think tank involved in the production of vaccines , according to a recently published investigative report by DN Magasinet ( commonly referred to as DN ) , Norway ’ s third-largest newspaper .
“ They came to my Residence with their respective delegations .
Bill Gates and Epstein arrived together , followed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the European system for controlling medicines , ” Thorbjørn Jagland , a former Prime Minister of Norway and Former Nobel Committee chair told the newspaper via email .
“ Also present were representatives of the think tank International Peace Institute ( IPI ) , who later that year partnered with Gates ' foundation in the fight against polio , ” the newspaper reports .
Jagland explained that “ Bill Gates and IPI had entered a collaboration to provide polio vaccines to the vulnerable tribal areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
” But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] the time , IPI did n't have a relationship with Gates .
The first grant came a few months later , in October 2013.
” At the time of the meeting Gates was considered to be a potential recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize because of his work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation .
DN says that it “ has spoken to a number of sources familiar with the meeting in Strasbourg , and has reviewed documentation that ties Epstein to the meeting ” and that , according to their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gates , was the person that introduced the billionaire to IPI.
” “ The meeting , where IPI introduced Gates to a polio eradication project , was to be very successful .
Later the same year , Gates ' foundation granted IPI 2.5 million dollar [ s ] .
Since then , an addition 6 million dollars has followed , according to the foundation .
The most recent grant was earlier this year , with an additional 250,000 dollars , ” the DN report notes .
Epstein was arrested and officially charged in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors in a high-profile case that was believed to implicate many prominent figures around the world .
He then allegedly killed himself in his cell at New York ’ s Metropolitan Correctional Center ( MCC ) in August 2019 .
Epstein was previously accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls in Florida in 2007 .
He avoided federal prison by striking a deal with state authorities that resulted in him being sentenced to 13 months in a county @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Curiously , as recently as December 2019 , Jagland claimed to have never had any contact with Epstein .
Last year DN wrote to Berit Reiss-Andersen , the current chair of the Nobel committee , asking if any of the committee ( of which Jagland is still a member ) had ever had contact with Epstein .
“ I passed DN 's questions to Jagland and he answered in the negative on any contact with Epstein , ” Reiss-Andersen told DN .
“ Yesterday , Jagland explained there was a misunderstanding , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's unfortunate that I gave an answer that turns out not to be correct , ” she continued before adding that “ it is obviously unfortunate that DN was misinformed.
” Jagland explained his original claim that he had never met Epstein by saying : “ I had in mind DN 's crazy and absurd conspiracy theory that I had had dinner with this person in Paris in June .
There might have been a misunderstanding , which I take full responsibility for , and apologise.
” In September 2019 Gates told the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had met Epstein , he “ didn ’ t have any business relationship or friendship with him.
” In October 2019 the New York Times reported that “ [ in ] fact , beginning in 2011 , Mr. Gates met with Mr. Epstein on numerous occasions — including at least three times at Mr. Epstein ’ s palatial Manhattan townhouse , and at least once staying late into the night , according to interviews with more than a dozen people familiar with the relationship , as well as documents reviewed by The New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told the New York Times DealBook conference that he had “ made a mistake in judgment ” by spending time with Epstein and that he “ thought that that those discussions would lead literally to billions of dollars going to global health.
” “ Turned out that was a bad judgment , that was a mirage , none of that money ever appeared , ” Gates said .
DN ’ s report says that The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation responded to inquiries stating that “ The foundation has never had any financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the International Peace Institute , a grantee that supports our efforts to improve health in Pakistan and Afghanistan , ” they told the Norwegian newspaper .
But the DN report then notes that “ IPI has several links to Epstein , including through a donation of 375,000 dollars from one of his foundations .
Several press releases from Epstein 's organisations are about the partnership with the think tank.
” In April this year , while speaking about the coronavirus crisis and international lockdowns , Gates told the Financial Times that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ largely vaccinated the entire global population.
” During the interview Gates interrupted his own reflections on the wide-ranging impacts of the coronavirus crisis , saying “ you don ’ t have a choice , ” although it is unclear exactly what he meant by the comment .
Also in April 2020 , Gates speculated , “ Eventually we will have some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested recently or when we have a vaccine who has received it.
” Longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ top pandemic advisors , Dr. Anthony Fauci , said in April 2020 he thought it was “ possible ” that one day Americans may have to carry certificates showing they are immune to the coronavirus .
“ I think it might actually have some merit under certain circumstances , ” he said .
A number of other leading global figures , such as former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair , have called for the creation of digital IDs to track “ disease status ” as part of the plans for responding to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Scientific American reported that research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) for embedding vaccine records “ directly into the skin ” of children came about due a direct request from Gates .
“ Along with the vaccine , a child would be injected with a bit of dye that is invisible to the naked eye but easily seen with a special cell-phone filter , combined with an app that shines near-infrared light onto the skin .
The dye would be expected to last up to five years , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and human skin in a dish.
” The development of this idea , which the article proudly noted avoids using “ iris scans ” that might violate privacy , was “ funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
” It “ came about because of a direct request from Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates himself , who has been supporting efforts to wipe out diseases such as polio and measles across the world.
” Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. , nephew of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy and an American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outspoken in outlining reasons for concern about various vaccine projects , including those that receive funding from Gates .
Kennedy has been raising awareness about children injured by vaccines since before the coronavirus outbreak .
In an April 9 , 2020 article , Kennedy wrote : “ Vaccines , for Bill Gates , are a strategic philanthropy that feed his many vaccine-related businesses ( including Microsoft ’ s ambition to control a global vaccination ID enterprise ) and give him dictatorial control of global health policy.
” In a recent online debate on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant percentage of participants in a recent trial for a leading coronavirus vaccine have been hospitalized .
Kennedy also noted that several of the coronavirus vaccine developers , a number of which have received funding from Gates , have been forced to pay billions of dollars in criminal penalties related to their medical products .
“ It requires a cognitive dissonance for people who understand the criminal corporate cultures of these four companies to believe that they ’ re doing this in every other product that they have , but they ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kennedy said .
Last month the World Health Organization ( WHO ) linked polio outbreaks in Africa to oral polio vaccines .
Gates is one of the leading global funders of oral polio vaccines in Africa and around the world , with Devin Thorpe , a collaborator with Gates on polio related initiatives writing in Forbes last year that Gates has “ personally [ driven ] the development ” of new oral polio vaccines and plays a “ strategic role beyond funding .
”

'They came to my Residence with their respective delegations. Bill Gates and Epstein arrived together, followed by the others. I made an introduction on the European system for controlling medicines,' Thorbjørn Jagland, a former Prime Minister of Norway and former Nobel Committee chair told Norway's third-largest newspaper.
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October 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein attended a 2013 meeting with Bill Gates and may have been instrumental in establishing connections between Gates and a think tank involved in the production of vaccines, according to a recently published investigative report by DN Magasinet (commonly referred to as DN), Norway’s third-largest newspaper.
“They came to my Residence with their respective delegations. Bill Gates and Epstein arrived together, followed by the others. I made an introduction on the European system for controlling medicines,” Thorbjørn Jagland, a former Prime Minister of Norway and Former Nobel Committee chair told the newspaper via email.
“Also present were representatives of the think tank International Peace Institute (IPI), who later that year partnered with Gates' foundation in the fight against polio,” the newspaper reports.
Jagland explained that “Bill Gates and IPI had entered a collaboration to provide polio vaccines to the vulnerable tribal areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan.” But the DN report notes that “[at] the time, IPI didn't have a relationship with Gates. The first grant came a few months later, in October 2013.”
At the time of the meeting Gates was considered to be a potential recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize because of his work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
DN says that it “has spoken to a number of sources familiar with the meeting in Strasbourg, and has reviewed documentation that ties Epstein to the meeting” and that, according to their sources, “Epstein, who knew Gates, was the person that introduced the billionaire to IPI.”
“The meeting, where IPI introduced Gates to a polio eradication project, was to be very successful. Later the same year, Gates' foundation granted IPI 2.5 million dollar[s]. Since then, an addition 6 million dollars has followed, according to the foundation. The most recent grant was earlier this year, with an additional 250,000 dollars,” the DN report notes.
Epstein was arrested and officially charged in July 2019 with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors in a high-profile case that was believed to implicate many prominent figures around the world. He then allegedly killed himself in his cell at New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in August 2019.
Epstein was previously accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls in Florida in 2007. He avoided federal prison by striking a deal with state authorities that resulted in him being sentenced to 13 months in a county jail and registering as a sex offender.
Curiously, as recently as December 2019, Jagland claimed to have never had any contact with Epstein.
Last year DN wrote to Berit Reiss-Andersen, the current chair of the Nobel committee, asking if any of the committee (of which Jagland is still a member) had ever had contact with Epstein.
“I passed DN's questions to Jagland and he answered in the negative on any contact with Epstein,” Reiss-Andersen told DN.
“Yesterday, Jagland explained there was a misunderstanding, which I accept. Naturally, it's unfortunate that I gave an answer that turns out not to be correct,” she continued before adding that “it is obviously unfortunate that DN was misinformed.”
Jagland explained his original claim that he had never met Epstein by saying: “I had in mind DN's crazy and absurd conspiracy theory that I had had dinner with this person in Paris in June. There might have been a misunderstanding, which I take full responsibility for, and apologise.”
In September 2019 Gates told the Wall Street Journal that, although he had met Epstein, he “didn’t have any business relationship or friendship with him.”
In October 2019 the New York Times reported that “[in] fact, beginning in 2011, Mr. Gates met with Mr. Epstein on numerous occasions — including at least three times at Mr. Epstein’s palatial Manhattan townhouse, and at least once staying late into the night, according to interviews with more than a dozen people familiar with the relationship, as well as documents reviewed by The New York Times.”
In November 2019 Gates told the New York Times DealBook conference that he had “made a mistake in judgment” by spending time with Epstein and that he “thought that that those discussions would lead literally to billions of dollars going to global health.”
“Turned out that was a bad judgment, that was a mirage, none of that money ever appeared,” Gates said.
DN’s report says that The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation responded to inquiries stating that “The foundation has never had any financial dealings with Epstein.”
“We work with the International Peace Institute, a grantee that supports our efforts to improve health in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” they told the Norwegian newspaper.
But the DN report then notes that “IPI has several links to Epstein, including through a donation of 375,000 dollars from one of his foundations. Several press releases from Epstein's organisations are about the partnership with the think tank.”
In April this year, while speaking about the coronavirus crisis and international lockdowns, Gates told the Financial Times that “normalcy only returns when we’ve largely vaccinated the entire global population.” During the interview Gates interrupted his own reflections on the wide-ranging impacts of the coronavirus crisis, saying “you don’t have a choice,” although it is unclear exactly what he meant by the comment.
Also in April 2020, Gates speculated, “Eventually we will have some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested recently or when we have a vaccine who has received it.”
Longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of Trump’s top pandemic advisors, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said in April 2020 he thought it was “possible” that one day Americans may have to carry certificates showing they are immune to the coronavirus.
“I think it might actually have some merit under certain circumstances,” he said.
A number of other leading global figures, such as former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, have called for the creation of digital IDs to track “disease status” as part of the plans for responding to the coronavirus crisis.
A December 2019 article in Scientific American reported that research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for embedding vaccine records “directly into the skin” of children came about due a direct request from Gates.
“Along with the vaccine, a child would be injected with a bit of dye that is invisible to the naked eye but easily seen with a special cell-phone filter, combined with an app that shines near-infrared light onto the skin. The dye would be expected to last up to five years, according to tests on pig and rat skin and human skin in a dish.”
The development of this idea, which the article proudly noted avoids using “iris scans” that might violate privacy, was “funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.” It “came about because of a direct request from Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates himself, who has been supporting efforts to wipe out diseases such as polio and measles across the world.”
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., nephew of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy and an American environmental attorney and author, has been outspoken in outlining reasons for concern about various vaccine projects, including those that receive funding from Gates. Kennedy has been raising awareness about children injured by vaccines since before the coronavirus outbreak.
In an April 9, 2020 article, Kennedy wrote: “Vaccines, for Bill Gates, are a strategic philanthropy that feed his many vaccine-related businesses (including Microsoft’s ambition to control a global vaccination ID enterprise) and give him dictatorial control of global health policy.”
In a recent online debate on mandatory vaccinations Kennedy pointed out that a significant percentage of participants in a recent trial for a leading coronavirus vaccine have been hospitalized.
Kennedy also noted that several of the coronavirus vaccine developers, a number of which have received funding from Gates, have been forced to pay billions of dollars in criminal penalties related to their medical products.
“It requires a cognitive dissonance for people who understand the criminal corporate cultures of these four companies to believe that they’re doing this in every other product that they have, but they’re not doing it with vaccines,” Kennedy said.
Last month the World Health Organization (WHO) linked polio outbreaks in Africa to oral polio vaccines. Gates is one of the leading global funders of oral polio vaccines in Africa and around the world, with Devin Thorpe, a collaborator with Gates on polio related initiatives writing in Forbes last year that Gates has “personally [driven] the development” of new oral polio vaccines and plays a “strategic role beyond funding.”
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lifesitenews--2020-10-06--Florida Gov: Champions of closing schools over COVID fears are ‘Flat-Earthers of Our Day’

FLORIDA , October 5 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida has come out swinging against those who want schools to remain shut over COVID fears .
On Friday , October 2 , DeSantis joined Drew Steele to discuss the state ’ s Covid response .
Steele , a homeschooling parent , told DeSantis that school closures did not affect his children ’ s schooling , but asked the governor to comment on the disruption this caused for the majority of the state ’ s children .
DeSantis responded that the school closures were “ one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ modern American history.
” He acknowledged that many people were worried when he announced in July that schools would be free to return to in-person classes , as Florida was at that time seeing an increase in cases of Covid .
Nevertheless , he was confident that “ the outbreak was going to abate because that ’ s the natural cycle of the virus.
” Further , he saw no reason to think that children would be a major vector for increased infection based on the data accumulated to that point .
DeSantis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month and half 's worth of data , which shows that a surge in COVID cases did not follow the reopening of schools , a point that was highlighted in pieces by Washington Post and USA Today .
Consequently , “ we ’ re now at the point where the people who advocate school closures are really the flat earthers of our day , ” he said .
“ They ’ re not doing it based on data , they ’ re not doing it based on evidence , they ’ re doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” For those unable to homeschool , “ taking away face-to-face instruction…means their kids fall tremendously behind , ” DeSantis continued .
He noted the importance not just of academics , but of the social development provided also by sports .
Earlier in the interview , he had emphasized the need for a response to the virus that supported an overall healthy society to explain his generally less restrictive policies .
“ I focused a lot on making sure society continues to function .
I think you fight a pandemic better from that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fetal position ” he said .
DeSantis has been firm in wanting to see his state ’ s schools reopened .
The state ’ s Department of Education issued an emergency order in July requiring all schools to reopen before the end of August .
After a judge ruled that order unconstitutional , the state appealed , putting the court ’ s injunction on hold .
Schools in Florida have staggered their reopening , and currently there are over a million students attending the state ’ s schools .
According to worldometers.info @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases have been decreasing since July 12 .
Deaths attributed to Covid have been decreasing since the end of July .

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FLORIDA, October 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida has come out swinging against those who want schools to remain shut over COVID fears.
On Friday, October 2, DeSantis joined Drew Steele to discuss the state’s Covid response. Steele, a homeschooling parent, told DeSantis that school closures did not affect his children’s schooling, but asked the governor to comment on the disruption this caused for the majority of the state’s children.
DeSantis responded that the school closures were “one of the biggest public health mistakes in modern American history.” He acknowledged that many people were worried when he announced in July that schools would be free to return to in-person classes, as Florida was at that time seeing an increase in cases of Covid. Nevertheless, he was confident that “the outbreak was going to abate because that’s the natural cycle of the virus.” Further, he saw no reason to think that children would be a major vector for increased infection based on the data accumulated to that point.
DeSantis considers his view vindicated by the past month and half's worth of data, which shows that a surge in COVID cases did not follow the reopening of schools, a point that was highlighted in pieces by Washington Post and USA Today.
Consequently, “we’re now at the point where the people who advocate school closures are really the flat earthers of our day,” he said. “They’re not doing it based on data, they’re not doing it based on evidence, they’re doing it based on either politics or emotion.”
For those unable to homeschool, “taking away face-to-face instruction…means their kids fall tremendously behind,” DeSantis continued. He noted the importance not just of academics, but of the social development provided also by sports. Earlier in the interview, he had emphasized the need for a response to the virus that supported an overall healthy society to explain his generally less restrictive policies. “I focused a lot on making sure society continues to function. I think you fight a pandemic better from that posture than if society’s in the fetal position” he said.
DeSantis has been firm in wanting to see his state’s schools reopened. The state’s Department of Education issued an emergency order in July requiring all schools to reopen before the end of August. After a judge ruled that order unconstitutional, the state appealed, putting the court’s injunction on hold.
Schools in Florida have staggered their reopening, and currently there are over a million students attending the state’s schools. According to worldometers.info, Florida’s daily active Covid cases have been decreasing since July 12. Deaths attributed to Covid have been decreasing since the end of July.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-06--Ontario politician denounces fines for thanksgiving dinners exceeding 10 guests

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TORONTO , Canada , October 6 , 2020 ( ) — An Ontario politician Premier Doug Ford ’ s Progressive Conservative government over a fine of CA $ 10,000 for having more than 10 people at home amid the coronavirus crisis .
Belinda Karahalios , Independent Member of Provincial Parliament ( MPP ) for Cambridge , also the Tories for implementing the rule province-wide , even though three regions alone — Toronto , Ottawa and Peel — account for 70 of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ They were going to crack down on wild parties , supposedly as a result , ” Karahalios said during Question Period at Queen ’ s Park last Monday .
“ Residents of rural Ontario and other regions who have not experienced significant increases in positive COVID cases are living with new laws telling them they can ’ t have more than 10 people in their home for Thanksgiving , ” added the rookie MPP .
“ Eleven people over for Thanksgiving does not constitute a wild party.
” Karahalios had been from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against Bill 195 , the coronavirus response bill that gave the government power to extend the state of emergency for two years without consulting the legislature .
She noted that she sponsored an anti-corruption bill last year that proposed that perpetrators of voter fraud in internal political party elections be fined CA $ 5,000 .
The government “ scoffed ” at the size of the fine and rejected the bill on the grounds that “ political parties were above the law and they could ‘ govern themselves , ’ ” she said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ all 14.5 million Ontarians “ should be subject to $ 10,000 fine if they have people over for Thanksgiving and by some mistake , an 11th person shows up , ” said Karahalios .
“ Clearly , and I ’ m being sarcastic here , clearly , the people of Ontario do not know how to govern themselves.
” Karahalios also the government for encouraging Ontarians to “ call bylaw or police ” if they see a number of vehicles in their neighbor ’ s driveway .
“ Charging someone $ 10,000 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to me , that ’ s quite surprising coming from a Conservative government , ” she said .
The Ford government on September 19 that given the rise in reported COVID cases , “ unmonitored and private social gatherings ” across the province would be immediately restricted to 10 people for indoor functions , and 25 people for outdoor functions , and that “ indoor and outdoor events and gatherings can not be merged together.
” Such events include “ functions , parties , dinners , gatherings , BBQs or wedding receptions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parks and other recreational areas.
” Organizers of such events could be fined up to CA $ 10,000 .
On , the government announced province-wide restrictions on the hours for alcohol sales and opening for restaurants , bars , nightclubs and other food and drink establishments .
It also closed all strip clubs .
On October 2 , the Ford Tories a province-wide mandate for “ the use of face coverings in all public indoor settings ” such as “ businesses , facilities and workplaces , with limited exemptions , including corrections and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Toronto , Ottawa and Peel regions .
Before these restrictions , Ford told a press conference that people should call the cops if they suspected their neighbors were holding a prohibited party .
He also encouraged police to lay charges , saying : “ We have to bring the hammer down.
” Karahalios is not alone in her critique : Independent MPP Randy has also blasted the government over ongoing coronavirus restrictions , and Concerned Ontario Doctors , headed by Dr. Kulvinder Gill , are also vocally to lockdown measures and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smears against hydroxychloroquine ” as an effective treatment for COVID-19 need to stop .
Meanwhile , Rebel News ’ David Menzies last week on what he billed the “ largest anti-lockdown protest in Canada yet , ” which took place in Toronto September 26 .
Attended by hundreds , the protest was organized by a group styling itself “ Yahoo Nation , ” in reference to Ford branding attendees at a Queen ’ s Park protest against coronavirus restrictions in as “ a bunch of yahoos.
” Although Toronto police ticketed one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quarantine , there was no report of them issuing a CA $ 10,000 to anyone , and they also provided an escort as the group marched up Yonge Street to Yorkville and back down to Dundas Square , according to .
While the data show Ontario ’ s positive COVID-19 cases rising in the past few weeks , hospitalization rates , including ICU admissions , as well as deaths , have remained low , 192 people in hospital because of COVID-19 and 41 of them in ICU , including 26 on ventilators , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported 14 deaths from COVID-19 between , with all deceased aged 60 and over , and 27 deaths from COVID-19 between September 27 to October 4 .

‘Eleven people over for Thanksgiving does not constitute a wild party,’ said Belinda Karahalios.
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TORONTO, Canada, October 6, 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — An Ontario politician blasted Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government over a fine of CA$10,000 for having more than 10 people at home amid the coronavirus crisis.
Belinda Karahalios, Independent Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Cambridge, also slammed the Tories for implementing the rule province-wide, even though three regions alone — Toronto, Ottawa and Peel — account for 70 percent of the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases.
“They were going to crack down on wild parties, supposedly as a result,” Karahalios said during Question Period at Queen’s Park last Monday.
“Residents of rural Ontario and other regions who have not experienced significant increases in positive COVID cases are living with new laws telling them they can’t have more than 10 people in their home for Thanksgiving,” added the rookie MPP.
“Eleven people over for Thanksgiving does not constitute a wild party.”
Karahalios had been turfed from the Ford caucus in July for voting against Bill 195, the coronavirus response bill that gave the government power to extend the state of emergency for two years without consulting the legislature.
She noted that she sponsored an anti-corruption bill last year that proposed that perpetrators of voter fraud in internal political party elections be fined CA$5,000.
The government “scoffed” at the size of the fine and rejected the bill on the grounds that “political parties were above the law and they could ‘govern themselves,’” she said.
The Ford Tories have now decreed that all 14.5 million Ontarians “should be subject to $10,000 fine if they have people over for Thanksgiving and by some mistake, an 11th person shows up,” said Karahalios.
“Clearly, and I’m being sarcastic here, clearly, the people of Ontario do not know how to govern themselves.”
Last week at Queen's Park I spoke against the @fordnation government's $10,000 fines for people who have 11 family members in their homes for Thanksgiving. Watch the video for my reasons… part 1 of 2. #cdnpoli #onpoli pic.twitter.com/O6yCwOZLCO — Belinda Karahalios, MPP (@KarahaliosPC) October 5, 2020
Karahalios also denounced the government for encouraging Ontarians to “call bylaw or police” if they see a number of vehicles in their neighbor’s driveway.
“Charging someone $10,000 and pitting neighbour against neighbour is just something, to me, that’s quite surprising coming from a Conservative government,” she said.
Here is the 2nd part of my time last week at Queen's Park speaking against the @fordnation government's $10,000 fines for those who have 11 people in their homes for Thanksgiving. Part 2 of 2. #cdnpoli #onpoli pic.twitter.com/ebtgeUg8og — Belinda Karahalios, MPP (@KarahaliosPC) October 5, 2020
The Ford government announced on September 19 that given the rise in reported COVID cases, “unmonitored and private social gatherings” across the province would be immediately restricted to 10 people for indoor functions, and 25 people for outdoor functions, and that “indoor and outdoor events and gatherings cannot be merged together.”
Such events include “functions, parties, dinners, gatherings, BBQs or wedding receptions held in private residences, backyards, parks and other recreational areas.” Organizers of such events could be fined up to CA$10,000.
On September 25 , the government announced province-wide restrictions on the hours for alcohol sales and opening for restaurants, bars, nightclubs and other food and drink establishments. It also closed all strip clubs.
On October 2, the Ford Tories announced a province-wide mandate for “the use of face coverings in all public indoor settings” such as “businesses, facilities and workplaces, with limited exemptions, including corrections and developmental services,” with further restrictions for Toronto, Ottawa and Peel regions.
Before these restrictions, Ford told a press conference September 8 that people should call the cops if they suspected their neighbors were holding a prohibited party. He also encouraged police to lay charges, saying: “We have to bring the hammer down.”
Karahalios is not alone in her critique: Independent MPP Randy Hillier has also blasted the government over ongoing coronavirus restrictions, and Concerned Ontario Doctors, headed by Dr. Kulvinder Gill, are also vocally opposed to lockdown measures and the need for a vaccine. Gill recently said the “smears against hydroxychloroquine” as an effective treatment for COVID-19 need to stop.
Meanwhile, Rebel News’ David Menzies reported last week on what he billed the “largest anti-lockdown protest in Canada yet,” which took place in Toronto September 26.
Attended by hundreds, the protest was organized by a group styling itself “Yahoo Nation,” in reference to Ford branding attendees at a Queen’s Park protest against coronavirus restrictions in April as “a bunch of yahoos.”
Although Toronto police ticketed one of the organizers CA$880 for breaching quarantine, there was no report of them issuing a CA$10,000 fine to anyone, and they also provided an escort as the group marched up Yonge Street to Yorkville and back down to Dundas Square, according to Menzies .
While the data show Ontario’s positive COVID-19 cases rising in the past few weeks, hospitalization rates, including ICU admissions, as well as deaths, have remained low, with the province reporting 192 people in hospital because of COVID-19 and 41 of them in ICU, including 26 on ventilators, as of October 6.
The province reported 14 deaths from COVID-19 between September 13 to 26 , with all deceased aged 60 and over, and 27 deaths from COVID-19 between September 27 to October 4.
Contact information:
Office of Ontario Premier Doug Ford
Room 281
Legislative Building, Queen’s Park
Toronto, ON M7A 1A1
Tel. 416-325-1941
Fax. 416-325-3745
[email protected]
Website contact form: https://correspondence.premier.gov.on.ca/EN/feedback/default.aspx
Ontario MPP Contact information page:
https://www.ola.org/en/members/current/contact-information
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lifesitenews--2020-10-06--Los disturbios de izquierda, los saqueos tienen todas las marcas de una insurgencia

Los izquierdistas son expertos en difamar a cualquiera que defienda el sistema actual , incluso si reconocen sus defectos y @ @ @ @ @ .
Después de todo , ¿quién no apoyaría la justicia racial ?
No obstante , @ @ @ @ @ favor de la causa tal como se presenta , los izquierdistas lo acusarán de estar @ @ @ @ @ .
Por lo tanto , decir `` Todas las vidas importan '' es sinónimo de @ @ @ @ @

6 de octubre de 2020 (American Thinker) – La violencia y los disturbios en los USA son el resultado de mucho más que la insatisfacción con la policía. Los movimientos ideológicos extremos de justicia social en la actualidad tienen más probabilidades de llevar armas de fuego que artículos para una despensa de alimentos. Actualmente nos enfrentamos nada menos que a las primeras etapas de una insurgencia socialista.
La insurgencia es una rebelión organizada para derrocar a un gobierno constituido socavando su legitimidad mediante la protesta y la desinformación y, en última instancia, mediante el conflicto armado. Esto puede sonar dramático, pero considere los pasos ya completados por BLM / ANTIFA en la Pirámide de Insurgencia utilizados por la comunidad de las Fuerzas Especiales del Ejército de USA para caracterizar una insurrección (Figura 1).
Inicialmente, cuando los insurgentes aún son débiles, se organizan en torno a un grupo que está activamente insatisfecho con las condiciones políticas y sociales y desea cambios ideológicos o de otro tipo. En Estados Unidos, ¿quién mejor para apuntar que los estadounidenses negros más pobres y menos educados, porque ya creen que tienen un agravio legítimo?
Los insurgentes utilizan la propaganda y los esfuerzos políticos para explotar esta atmósfera, creando un descontento más significativo que desacredita al gobierno. BLM y ANTIFA han dejado muy en claro que creen que el gobierno y el sistema socioeconómico existentes son injustos y los excluyen.
Es bien sabido que los izquierdistas intimidan a la gente, por lo que se abstienen de presentar argumentos en contra de los hechos. Luego, al girar la narrativa para eventos de alto perfil, construyen credibilidad y alimentan el sentido general de insatisfacción del público.
Los izquierdistas son expertos en difamar a cualquiera que defienda el sistema actual, incluso si reconocen sus defectos y señalan su voluntad de mejorarlo. Después de todo, ¿quién no apoyaría la justicia racial? No obstante, si no está absolutamente a favor de la causa tal como se presenta, los izquierdistas lo acusarán de estar absolutamente en contra de ella. Por lo tanto, decir “Todas las vidas importan” es sinónimo de “Soy racist.”
Los insurgentes fomentan la desconfianza hacia las instituciones públicas, lo que conduce a una opinión pública más favorable a la insurgencia. Hemos visto que los objetivos preferidos de BLM y Antifa son la policía y el sistema judicial, que son los cimientos mismos de la ley y el orden.
Al mismo tiempo que obtienen apoyo popular para el movimiento y difaman a sus oponentes, los insurgentes también trabajan para infiltrarse en las instituciones públicas y difundir su narrativa en todos los sectores de la sociedad. Celebridades, funcionarios gubernamentales, universidades, corporaciones y otros han comprado la narrativa de BLM, ya sea por pereza intelectual o para beneficio personal. Esto da como resultado un amplio apoyo popular a través de la financiación, el respaldo cuasi intelectual, la protesta activa y los disturbios, e incluso una inacción comprensiva.
Hawk Newsome, el presidente del capítulo de BLM en Nueva York, afirma que BLM está siguiendo los pasos del Partido Pantera Negra y agrega que los ex “oficiales de las Fuerzas Especiales” entrenan el movimiento para protegerse, presumiblemente de la policía. Los miembros armados han intentado reemplazar a los agentes de policía en áreas abandonadas de Seattle y Atlanta. Justificar e introducir personal insurgente armado es un paso clave hacia actos más militantes. Un ejemplo, a partir del 26 de junio, es la emboscada planificada de antemano contra dos agentes de policía en Tampa que fueron llamados a un tiroteo falso, solo para que los alborotadores que lanzaban botellas de vidrio los atacaran.
También es fundamental que países extranjeros legitimen y apoyen la insurgencia. Las protestas de BLM estallaron en todo el mundo después de que George Floyd fuera asesinado, y Antifa tiene organizaciones fraternales en toda Europa. Todavía no está claro qué están haciendo los enemigos internacionales acérrimos de Estados Unidos para apoyar a BLM y Antifa. Aún así, si aún no están actuando, seguramente están buscando oportunidades.
Pirámide de insurgencia. Las acciones ya completadas o iniciadas por BLM / ANTIFA están en color. Estas acciones no tienen que realizarse en el orden en que se enumeran. Gráfico de Matt Rowe.
Las tres cofundadoras de BLM, Patrisse Khan Cullors, Alicia Garza y Opal Tometi, tienen al socialismo marxista en el centro de sus ideologías. Según el Capital Research Center, las tres mujeres trabajaban para los grupos de fachada de la Freedom Road Socialist Organization. La FRSO es una de las organizaciones de izquierda radical más grandes del país. Tometi promueve activamente el socialismo y la socioeconomía anti-occidental, mientras que Cullors ha declarado públicamente que los líderes de BLM son “marxistas entrenados.”
Antifa cree nominalmente que el país se dirige hacia el fascismo y promociona la elección del presidente Trump y la plataforma “Estados Unidos primero” como prueba. La organización existe desde la década de 1980, pero su antiglobalismo radical y su retórica anticapitalista eran intrascendentes. Al asumir la causa “antirracista” de BLM, Antifa aumentó significativamente sus oportunidades de actuar. Antifa no ha ocultado sus objetivos marxistas socialistas, pero ha modificado el tradicional conflicto de “trabajadores versus dueños del capital” a “conflictos de identidad” basados en raza, género, orientación sexual, etc.
La gran mayoría de los miembros y partidarios de BLM forman lo que Vladimir Lenin llamó “los idiotas útiles.” Es decir, las personas que trabajan activamente por una causa sin comprender realmente los objetivos de la causa. Están siendo utilizados cínicamente para lograr un fin que tal vez nunca hayan pretendido. El objetivo principal de los organizadores es mantener a los idiotas útiles ciegos a la verdad durante el mayor tiempo posible mientras se los adoctrinan en la causa.
Para derrotar a esta insurgencia, debemos eliminar el descontento que impulsa a los mayores grupos de actores. No podemos cambiar las creencias políticas de los marxistas incondicionales. Aún así, podemos ayudar a sacar a los millones de estadounidenses negros (y otros) más pobres y menos educados de sus condiciones actuales y su cultura en deterioro. Primero, debemos contrarrestar la propaganda de que su difícil situación es el resultado del racismo sistémico actual. En cambio, se les debe hacer comprender que sus problemas actuales son el resultado de comportamientos antiguos. Requieren nuevas soluciones que los reintegren en la sociedad para darles un interés genuino y la capacidad de ejercer una influencia legítima.
Hacerlo privará a la insurgencia de millones de activistas. También aprovechará las energías comprensivas de los millones de personas que comprenden que hay un problema, pero se engañan al creer que la insurgencia puede solucionarlo. Esto significa reconocer que el dolor que experimentan nuestras comunidades más empobrecidas, independientemente de la raza, proviene de comportamientos culturales de larga data.
Debemos reorientar las culturas que tienen una historia de dependencia del bienestar; maternidad soltera, privando a los hijos de padres; número vertiginoso de desertores de la escuela secundaria que no están preparados para satisfacer las necesidades de una sociedad cada vez más tecnológica; mayores riesgos de consumo y dependencia de drogas; las tasas de criminalidad extraordinariamente más altas con miembros de la comunidad como depredadores y víctimas; y el aislamiento y la desesperanza absoluta que resulta al estar atrapados allí.
Las buenas familias, la buena educación, las oportunidades reales y la esperanza de que todas las personas puedan lograr el sueño americano no son problemas raciales o policiales. Lo que estamos viendo actualmente es una insurgencia a medio camino. Si queremos poner fin a esta inquietud, debemos enfrentar estas verdades y desarrollar soluciones a más largo plazo de inmediato. De lo contrario, a juzgar por los “éxitos” socialistas en todo el mundo, el sufrimiento podría aumentar exponencialmente para todos nosotros.
Matt Rowe es un veterano de las Fuerzas Especiales del Ejército de los EE. UU. Y un consultor de gestión empresarial independiente. Obtuvo su MBA de la Universidad de Notre Dame después de graduarse magna cum laude de la Universidad de Campbell con una licenciatura en gobierno. Ha escrito artículos de fondo para varias publicaciones y su primera novela, White Passage: Red Sun, se basa libremente en su experiencia en la “guerra contra las drogas” en América Latina.
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