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FACTS ABOUT THE PRESENT KJV BIBLE:
The first revision was in 1629 by Samuel Ward and John Bois, who had worked on the original translation. The second was in 1638 by the Cambridge University Press. The third was in 1762 by Dr. Thomas Paris of Trinity College, Cambridge. The fourth was in 1769 by Dr. Benjamin Blayney. Dr. Donald Waite of Bible for Today ministry, is authoritative. He compared every word with the 1611 KJV. Out of the 791,328 words.

Just 421 were corrected. Dr Waite stated: "There were ONLY 136 SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES that were different words. The others were only 285 MINOR CHANGES OF FORM ONLY. Of these 285 MINOR CHANGES, there are 214 VERY MINOR CHANGES such as 'towards' for 'toward'; 'burnt' for 'burned'; 'amongst' for 'among'; 'lift' for 'lifted'; and 'you' for 'ye.' These kinds of changes represent 214 out of the 285 minor changes of form only. ( Source: Way of Life Literature's Fundamental Baptist Information Service, David Cloud at http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/offering.htm )

WHAT ARE GOD'S EXPECTATIONS FROM BELIEVERS:
"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolattry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobendience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds: And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him..

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering: Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
And let the peace of God rule your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body and be ye thankful. LET THE WORD DWELL IN YOU RICHLY in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. " (Collossians 3:5-..17)

The two commandments that Jesus taught are in action now: Matthew 22:37 "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." which means: if you do these two commandments you will automatically cover all else. Jesus also said that we will have the poor with us (in spite of what we try to do for them). He also said if we want to be religious we should take care of widows with children who have no provider.

This new trend of using Christians to solve all the social needs is not in the Bible. In fact to participate would have the tendency to take up our time that we should spend in the Word of God and teaching it to others. That is what God is interested in. If people are taught correctly their lives will tend to be full of blessings from the Lord. Cephas Ministry.

LUTHERAN LEADER CRITICISES PRESIDENT BUSH'S TALK OF 'EVIL AXIS'.
New York (ENI). Christian Krause, the president of the Lutheran World Federation has strongly criticised US President George Bush's recent remarks describing Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil". Krause told ENI in a 19 March interview that he "deplored" such statements, which in effect "were holding whole nations to ransom". President Bush, he said, should pursue the US war on terrorism "with care" and not compromise what Krause called one of the principal achievements of western societies - the protection of human rights and liberty. [417 words, Ecumenical News [WCC] -3.20.02]

TWO DAMNABLE HERESIES ARE TAUGHT HERE
"The Last Battle," from the chapter "Further up and Further in." Lewis is teaching damnable false doctrine here, and it is even more wicked, in that it is intended for the indoctrination of children.

First, according to Lewis, those who sincerely serve the devil (Tash) are actually serving God (Aslan) and will eventually be accepted by God. That is the heresy of universalism, and many hold to this false doctrine, believing that God will somehow receive unbelievers and followers of false religions into Heaven even though they do not know Jesus Christ in this life.

When I interviewed the head of the New Testament department at Serampore University (founded by William Carey in India) years ago, he told me the same thing. I asked him whether the Hindus will be accepted by God if they are sincere in their religion, and he replied, "Certainly."

Well, the Bible says certainly not! Ephesians chapter two tells us the condition of every person outside of regenerating faith in Jesus Christ. He is dead in trespasses and sins (v. 1), controlled by and living according to the working of the devil (v. 2), a child of disobedience (v. 2), dominated by the flesh (v. 3), by nature the child of wrath (v. 3), without Christ (v. 12), an alien and stranger from the covenant of God (v. 12), without hope (v. 12), WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD (v. 12), far off from God (v. 13).

In fact, the Lord Jesus Christ had already settled this matter long before the penning of Ephesians. In His conversation with Nicodemus, the Lord Jesus said categorically, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). Nicodemus was a very sincere and religious Jew, and if any category of person could have gone to heaven without being born again, it would have been people like him. Jesus Christ said that it will not happen.

Furthermore, Lewis is teaching that salvation can be achieved by works and religious seeking, and that is a false gospel that is cursed of God in the book of Galatians.

For more about this see the articles "Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings" (Feb. 5, 2002) and "C.S. Lewis and Evangelicals Today" (Jan. 4, 2002) at the Way of Life web site. See the Daily Listings section under the date of the article.

( http://www.wayoflife.org )

TOP RELIGIOUS LEADERS UNITE TO BUILD 'HARMONIOUS' EUROPE
Oxford (ENI). Senior leaders of Europe's Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths have set up an inter-religious council to work for peace and promote collaboration among religious communities. The European Religious Leaders Council intends to co-operate with political decision-makers on a continent that is becoming increasingly multi-religious and multicultural. "We aim to build a harmonious, cohesive Europe and to ensure that all faiths exert an appropriate influence," said Jehangir Sarosh, a British-based member of the council's executive committee, calling the council "the first advisory body of its kind". [ENI-04.02.02]

PROOF THAT THE CHURCH IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN SOCIAL ISSUES
U.S. religious leaders call for alternative to Bush's environment proposal New York More than 1200 religious leaders in the United States have taken issue with key environmental policies announced by the Bush administration and have signed a declaration opposing a new U.S. global warming proposal. Called "An Interfaith Call for Energy Conservation and Climate Justice", the declaration offers an alternative to an environment proposal announced by President George Bush in February. Bush's plan rejects the 1997 Kyoto treaty, which sets international standards for reducing atmospheric gases that many scientists believe cause global warming. [ENI-3/1/02]

THE WORLD HAS ENTERED THE CHURCH.
Humility and fear of the Lord seem to be totally lacking in the "SHAKING" which is idolized in many churches in the 21st Century. What has happened to "Serving the Lord with all humility of mind"? (Acts 20:19) and "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." (Colossians 3:1-3)

"THE "SHAKING" IS CONFIRMATION THAT GOD IS LAUNCHING YOU!"
William C. Yount - Hagerstown, MD Wednesday, March 13, 2002 I heard the Lord say, "I am about to push the launching pad button for many who have been crying out to Me to go higher in their calling.. their calling to know Me. Tell My people to buckle their seatbelts. For it is "T minus 10 and counting."
AS GOD'S FINGER PUSHED THE BUTTON .
As God's finger pushed the launching pad button, immediately a great shaking began taking place in these peoples' lives. This tremendous shaking caused many to wonder if there had been a major malfunction on the launching pad, causing their "higher calling" to be seemingly aborted. Many were convinced that this turbulence was from the enemy. I then heard a voice from "Heaven's Mission Control Center." -

"THAT WAS JUST THE IGNITION SWITCH. DO NOT FEAR THE SHAKING. THE "SHAKING"

IS CONFIRMATION THAT I AM LAUNCHING YOU!"

THE FIRE WILL TAKE YOU HIGHER
Simultaneously flames of fire ignited beneath us. The Lord spoke, "It's the fire that will take you higher." The "fire of the Spirit" began burning up those things that had kept us on the launching pad and held us back all our lives. Through this terrible shaking and testing through fire we had come to know something greater than our calling - the ONE who has called us! The more we knew Him the higher He took us. Like a "Chariot of Fire" we ascended upward penetrating through the very heavenlies - breaking through barriers of international proportion. I saw a mantle of unprecedented Evangelism falling to the earth. It seemed to slip right off the Father's Throne Room. It was big enough for the whole earth to wrap itself twice in. The Glory of the Lord began covering the earth.
http://www.church.com/member/b/BillYount/

DIRECTIONS TO HEAVEN:
1. First of all, WHOSOEVER will, must make a U-turn on the "Road of Repentance." 2. Then make a Right onto "Believeth Blvd." 3. Keep Straight and go through the Green Light which is Jesus Christ. 4. From there, you must turn onto the "Bridge of Faith," which is over troubled water. 5. When you get off the bridge, make a Right turn and Keep Straight. You are on the "King's Highway" - Heaven-bound! 6. Keep going for three miles: One for the Father, One for the Son, and One for the Holy Ghost. 7. Then exit off onto "Grace Blvd." From there, make a Right turn on" Gospel Lane." 8. Keep Straight and then make another RIGHT on "Prayer Blvd." 9. As you go on your way, yield not to the traffic on "Temptation Ave." Also, avoid "SIN STREET" because it is a DEAD END. Pass up "Envy Drive,"and "Hate Avenue." Also, pass "Hypocrisy Street," "Gossiping Lane" and "Backbiting Blvd." 10. But you have to go down "Long suffering Lane," "Persecution Blvd.," and "Trials and Tribulations Avenue." 11. From there, make another Right onto "Peace Street." Keep Straight and you will come to the parking lot of "Immortality." It's alright to park there. Author Unknown

THE NEXT POPE SHOULD COME FROM AFRICA, SAYS SENIOR VATICAN OFFICIAL IN ROME.
One of the Vatican's most influential figures has reopened the debate about the succession to Pope John Paul II by saying he hopes the next pope will come from Africa. The remarks by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in an interview this week with the German newspaper Die Welt come at a time of increasing speculation that the Pope may be forced to step down because of ill health. Ratzinger said the election of an African pope "would be a positive sign for the whole of Christendom". [ENI-02-04-05]

OPRAH WINFREY'S FORMER PASTOR SAYS "SHE NOW TEACHES, 'GOD IS EVERYWHERE..'
"God is in me, I don't need to go to church, I don't need to be a part of a body of believers, I can meditate, I can do 'positive thinking' spirituality." Oprah has said, "One of the biggest mistakes humans make is to believe there is only one way. Actually, there are many diverse paths leading to what you call God." This contradicts John 14:6.
[CALVARY CONTENDER, April 7, 2002]

ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE
A giant "church" in Los Angeles has grown to nearly 7,000 members using many of the same "church growth" techniques of others. They have a choir, praise songs, informal dress, dynamic speaking, megachurches and multiple outreaches. Although it claims to be a "church," the center promotes a mix of beliefs. "Muslims, Jews, Christians, Buddhists, young, old, rich, poor - we cut across all lines," Pastor Michael Beckwith told USA Today. [World, 12/15/01]

ISLAM'S ALLAH VS. CHRISTIANITY'S GOD
"Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for him. Christianity is a faith in which God sends his son to die for you." [Cal Thomas claims this politically incorrect quote was by Attorney General John Ashcroft. The latter has denied making the remark, but Thomas stands by his story. (See 4/1 CT) It's good, regardless of who said it first.]

(CALVARY CONTENDER, April 7, 2002)

'MODERATE' BAPTISTS PLEDGE $1 MILLION TO MISSIONARIES WHO DECLINE TO

AFFIRM DOCTRINAL STATEMENT
The moderate/liberal Baptist General Convention of Texas has pledged $1 million to a fund to help missionaries who will lose or relinquish their ministries rather than affirm in writing the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message doctrinal accountability instrument required by the SBC's Int'l Mission Board (3/7 Ala. Baptist). At least 60 missionary families have said they could not sign the statement, which opposes women pastors and says wives should "submit graciously to the servant leadership of their husbands."

[CALVARY CONTENDER, April 7,2002]

WAS JENKINS 'LEFT BEHIND'?
After the huge success of the 'Left Behind' apocalyptic novels, Tim LaHaye will receive a reported $45 million for four new novels. But co-writer Jerry Jenkins seems to have been "left behind" on the big deal, even though Christianity Today for April 1 said he "actually wrote the series, basing the thrillers on conversations with and the nonfiction theological writings of LaHaye."

[CALVARY CONTENDER, April 7, 2002]

FOUR WEDDINGS AND A BAPTISM CAN COST POLES MORE A MONTH'S SALARY
Warsaw (ENI). The cost of a church baptism in Poland can come to more than a day's pay, while the average fee for a church wedding amounts to a week's wages, according to a report in a Polish newspaper. The report, published in the daily Zycie, said that parishioners were often charged up to 100 zloties (US$24) for a baptism, while the average fee for a church wedding was zl 400 (US$96), and as much as zl 1000 (US$ 240) in some prestigious churches. The average weekly wage in Poland is just zl 400.

[ENI: 02-03-04]

INTEGRITY WORSHIP INSTITUTE JOINS HANDS WITH SOUTHERN BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
The Integrity Worship Institute has joined forces with the University of Mobile to offer a degree in worship leadership beginning in the fall of 2002. The university is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention.

Integrity Worship Institute already offers a master's degree program in partnership with REGENT UNIVERSITY in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This charismatic school was founded by Pat Robertson, one of the most radical ecumenists alive. In 1985, Robertson "revealed that during 25 years of broadcasting, he has 'worked for harmony and reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics' and 'refrained from airing major theological differences.' He told Roman Catholic Bishop Sullivan, 'I have been your friend and booster. . It has been my pleasure to assist on repeated occasions the church you serve'" [Christian News, July 22, 1985]

Integrity has recorded an album at the BROWNSVILLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD in Pensacola, Florida. ["Don Moen Discusses Music at Brownsville Assembly," Pentecostal Evangel, November 10, 1996].

Integrity includes songs by Robert Gay who is connected with Bill Hamon. He claims that the Laughing Revival and Promise Keepers are part of this restoration process (Hamon, Apostles, Prophets and the Coming Moves of God: God's End-Time Plans for His Church and Planet Earth, Santa Rosa Beach, CA: Christian International, 1997). (Source: Excerpts from Way of Life Literature Newsletter - 4/3/02- http://www.wayoflife.org)

INTERFAITH MEETING CONVENES IN EGYPT
A first-of-its-kind interfaith conference opened in Alexandria, Egypt yesterday, attended by senior representatives of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian religions. The goal of the two-day conference, which was the brainchild of Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Melchior and the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, is to foster reconciliation among the three religions. Tomorrow morning, after it ends, the delegates will be hosted at the presidential palace in Cairo by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have also given the conference their blessings, as has President Moshe Katsav. [REAL WORLD NEWS 1/21/02] http://test.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=119629&contrassID=2&subContrassID=

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WHO IS WHO IN TEACHING THE HERESY THAT WE ARE GODS:
http://www.letusreason.org/WF31.htm

WOULD THE FUNDAMENTALIST DESTROY THE WORLD IF THEY COULD? ARE THEY, IN FACT,

INSANE? GLOBAL VISION CORPORATION STATED:

"Fundamentalism is nothing new, but it is lately attracting so many adherents that it has become a global issue. Consider the Christian variety. In the USA, for example, Presidents Reagan and Bush would not have been elected without the backing of the Christian fundamentalist voting block; their advocates now sit on most school boards, where they censor the curriculum and oblige educational textbook publishers to re-write schoolbooks in order to avoid blacklisting and economic boycott...

Apart from the threats to democracy, freedom of speech, civil liberties, and women's rights, there is a growing risk that fundamentalist groups may obtain sufficient quantities of plutonium, chemical or biological weapons to inflict far more serious damage. Pakistan and India now have nuclear weapons, and both have very powerful nationalistic constituencies.

Would the fundamentalists destroy the world if they could? Are they, in fact, insane?

According to the World Health Organisation, the "acute schizophrenic break syndrome" (the most common form of "madness") currently affects about 60 million people around the world (i.e. one percent of the world population). Schizophrenia is itself a very controversial subject. The psychiatric establishment sees it as a brain disease "caused" by a chemical imbalance or a genetic defect, requiring life-long medication (and enormous revenues for the pharmaceutical industry).

But practising Christians, Muslims and Jews who take their religious metaphors literally are prone to project their premonition of Apocalypse as an external historical event scheduled, according to the evangelical television networks and fundamentalist sermons, for the not-too-distant future.. Quite an article: for the rest of the article: Global Vision Corporation promoting Dalai Lama, Carl Jung,.. http://www.global-vision.org/sacred/fundamentalism.html

BAPTISTS ARRESTED IN SALT LAKE FOR ANTI-LDS LEAFLETS
Two men were arrested for handing out religious leaflets on the LDS Church's Main Street Plaza over the weekend, marking what is believed to be the first trespassing arrests since Salt Lake City sold the block to the church three years ago. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' and Salt Lake City's restrictions on behavior they deem "offensive" on the plaza are now the subject of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. The ACLU contends the restrictions are unconstitutional because the city has an easement across the block for pedestrian access. [REAL WORLD NEWS 4/11/2002] http://www.sltrib.com/04092002/utah/726835.htm

WE ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING CHRISTIAN PSYCHICS BY 'CONVENIENCE STORE' BELIEVERS
A prophetic ministry leader has warned that he and others with the same spiritual gift are in danger of being turned into "Christian psychics" by "convenience store" believers anxious for instant answers to their concerns and problems.
http://www.charismanews.com/online/articledisplay.pl?ArticleID=5721

MULTI-FAITH ACCORD ON VIOLENCE SIGNED IN EGYPT
Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders jointly signed an accord here last night condemning violence in the Middle East. The text received the blessing of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. "According to our faith [and] traditions, killing innocents in the name of God is a desecration of His holy name, and defames religion in the world. The violence in the Holy Land is an evil which must be opposed by all people of good faith. We seek to live together as neighbors, respecting the integrity of each other's historical and religious inheritance. We call upon all to oppose incitement, hatred and the misrepresentation of the other." [REAL WORLD NEWS 1/22/02] http://test.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=120058&contrassID=2&subContrassID=

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WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES FRETS OVER U.S. REACTION TO SEPTEMBER 11
Erik Nelson December 14, 2001 - The discussion covered issues such as global security, human rights, the global economy, and humanitarian concerns. It was clear, however, that the group was more interested in talking about the sins of the United States than about terrorist movements within Islam. The starting point for much of these discussions was how the United States could be kept accountable for its actions, be held accountable to international law, and understand its own "symbolic hegemony" over the world. http://www.ird-renew.org/News/News.cfm?ID=281&c=4

CHURCH AGENCIES DEMAND EU SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL
Geneva (ENI). As European Union foreign ministers discuss the crisis in the Middle East at a meeting in Luxembourg, church organisations are demanding that the EU impose sanctions against Israel. The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Konrad Raiser, has called on the EU ministers to suspend an agreement that gives privileged trade status to Israel. Similar calls have come from Christian Aid, the church aid agency in Britain and Ireland, and from Aprodev, an association of 15 European Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox development agencies. Last week the European Parliament voted to suspend the trade agreement with Israel, but the vote is not binding on EU foreign ministers. [ENI 4.15.02]

POPE CALLS U.S. CARDINALS TO ROME
(CNSNews.com) - 4.15.02 - Pope John Paul II has ordered all U.S. Cardinals to Rome for an impromptu meeting to discuss the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church. The Vatican said the meeting will likely take place next week. According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, there are 13 U.S. cardinals. Eight of them head the archdioceses in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and Washington. Three U.S. cardinals do not head dioceses, and two are retired. "The Holy See's desire [is] to listen and to support our efforts to respond effectively to the concerns we share with our people," said U.S. Conference President Wilton D. Gregory, who met with the pope and various church leaders in Rome Saturday. Gregory told them the scandal was the topic of "considerable discussion." He said there was no mention of Cardinal Law of Boston, who has been criticized for knowingly transferring a priest to another parish, even though he was accused of sexual misconduct. http://www.cnsnews.com/ThisHour.asp#Pope

POPE CALLS US CARDINALS TO VATICAN FOR SUMMIT ON SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS
New York and Rome (ENI)--Pope John Paul II has summoned US .. the Vatican clearly signalled that the issue had become a potential crisis for the wider church. Church observers said the sudden meeting was unprecedented and a sign that the US Catholic Church faces a grave problem. [ENI-04.17.02]

THE CATHOLIC SCANDAL PAGE
Sex abuse, women in the priesthood, screening of gay candidates for the priesthood, celibacy are at the top of discussion list in Rome at the Vatican. Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, an American who heads the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Laity, gave a preview of the agenda as U.S. cardinals prepared to travel to Rome. Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles stopped short of saying he favored changes in the church. "It's not a panacea that you have married clergy or women clergy," Mahony said. "At this point, I'm a proponent of the discussion. I want to hear a lot more." "We are dealing with an AMERICAN phenomenon that requires an American response," said Stafford, the former archbishop of Denver. The reason for the meeting in Rome are American tort law which mkaes liability much more an issue and has driven the response in a way that has been difficult for Europeans to understand. Referring to the Vatican, Stafford said: "These are men who've lived in a much different tradition." [Tampa Tribune 4.19.2002]

WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THIS PHENOMENON IS NOT JUST AN AMERICAN PROBLEM.
http://www.cephasministry.com/catholic_scandal.html

QUOTES FROM "HOLY LAUGHTER' BY CHARLES & FRANCIS HUNTER THEY DABBLE IN ERROR
"[They] began to nibble around where the Holy Holy Spirit was concerned.. sooner or later you're going to get caught! [Kathryn Kuhlman] merely said, 'Jesus, bless my sister,' and bless me He did! Faster than you can blink an eye, I was lying on my back on the floor of the First Presbyterian Church in my very best dress. ... All the arguments I previously had about the baptism with the Holy Spirit and speaking with other tongues disappeared instantly! (pp. 13,19,20). "We went to a Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship banquet in Houston. ... The man [the speaker] said, 'Well, Jesus, bless Francis!' Down I went faster than you could blink an eye, followed one second later by my precious husband! ...

 

I tried to get my hands off of the floor, but nothing happened. I couldn't believe what had happened to me, because it was physically impossible for me to move. ... I felt as though someone had given me a divine alka seltzer because way down deep in the very center of my being I began to feel a most peculiar type of 'bubbling.' ... then it abruptly came out of my mouth in the form of the loudest laugh I have ever heard. ... no pressure on my mouth could keep the laughing back. I laughed, laughed, laughed and laughed. ... I stopped laughing just as quickly as I started, and suddenly I was released from the bed of Holy Ghost glue in which I had been resting! (Charles and Frances Hunter, Holy Laughter, pp. 21-23).

"Instead of making biblically-based decisions, they made themselves gullible, ignored doctrine, and pursued an experience. This is a sure formula for deception," writes David Cloud in his last newsletter. "The born again child of God yearns for holiness. He wants to be like Christ. He despises the indwelling sin nature and desires to be free from the struggle with the flesh. We must be careful, however, that we are following Bible holiness, for there are many demonic and human substitutes. http://www.wayoflife.org

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CAN THE CHURCH SURVIVE?
The question is not whether the Catholic leadership is enlightened but whether Catholicism represents the "Spirit of Truth"
http://www.cephasministry.com/catholicism_can_the_church_survive.html

RECENT BREAKTHROUGH BOOK REVIEW "MUST READ"
http://www.cephasministry.com/catholic_vatican_assassin.html

U.S. PRIESTS SUSPENDED OVER SEX CLAIMS
Six Roman Catholic priests have been suspended from duty in the United States because of past allegations of sexual misconduct. The Archdiocese of New York has not released the priests' names, because not all the allegations have been substantiated. The Catholic Church in the United States has been rocked in recent months by accusations of child sex abuse involving priests, and is facing mounting criticism that it covered up those cases for decades. Last month, the Pope broke his silence on recent allegations, saying they were casting "a dark shadow of suspicion" over all priests.[Real World News 4.8.02] http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1916000/1916324.stm

FORMER ALTAR BOYS GET $119 MILLION IN SEX-ABUSE CASE
Jury says Dallas diocese covered up priest's actions July 24, 1997 DALLAS (CNN) -- Jury says Dallas diocese covered up priest's actions July 24, 1997. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas has been ordered to pay $119 million in damages to a group of former altar boys who say they were sexually abused over a 15-year period by a priest.

 

It is believed to be the largest penalty ever imposed on the Catholic church in a sex abuse case. "It dwarfs anything else we've every heard of," said Bill Ryan, spokesman for the U.S. Catholic Conference. Lawyers for the altar boys contended diocesan officials ignored reports that the Rev. Rudolph Kos was molesting them, and conspired to cover up the incidents. "I hope they wake up the pope tonight with this," plaintiffs' attorney Sylvia Demarest said.

The diocese did not dispute the molestation claims but denied it was negligent or engaged in a cover-up. After the verdict, Bishop Charles Grahmann said the diocese likely would appeal. The state District Court jury awarded about $101 million in compensatory damages and $18 million in punitive damages to 10 men who say Kos molested them, as well as to the family of another alleged victim who committed suicide in 1992. The victims, who range in age from 18 to their early 30s, hugged each other after the verdicts were read. Church officials had declined an out-of-court settlement. After the verdict - in which jurors determined that the church inflicted emotional distress on the plaintiffs and committed fraud - one church official, Monsignor John Bell, said, "This whole process has been significantly humbling."

 

Kos, 52, was suspended from the priesthood in 1992. He now lives in San Diego and is awaiting trial on charges of sexual contact with one child and indecency with another. He did not attend the trial... The abuse, which included masturbation and oral sex, was allegedly inflicted on boys as young as 9. Kos' accusers say he plied them with sedatives, alcohol and marijuana. Among the alleged victims was Jay Lemberger, who committed suicide at the age of 20. "My son was murdered by the Dallas diocese, because they let Rudy Kos into their regime, and they let him get away with this abuse," said Pat Lemberger, Jay Lemberger's father.

TOM ECONOMUS, HEAD OF A CHICAGO-BASED SUPPORT GROUP FOR SURVIVORS
The head of a Chicago-based support group for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, said the previous largest penalty assessed against the Catholic church in a sexual abuse case was $13 million levied last year in Florida.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9707/24/priest.lawsuit/?related

PRIEST DENIES ABUSE AND REFUSES TO RESIGN
A priest suspended by Boston's Roman Catholic Archdiocese over an accusation that he sexually abused a child 31 years ago denied the charge on Monday. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/26/national/26PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

PRIEST IN CHILD ABUSE CASE SENTENCED TO 9 TO 10 YEARS
John Geoghan, a central figure in a sexual abuse scandal in Boston, received the maximum sentence on Thursday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/national/22PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

L.A. CARDINAL SAYS HE DIDN'T MOLEST STUDENT IN 1969
US & World News - 04/07/02 Kim Baca AP Fresno, Calif. The head of the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Friday that he has been accused of sexually molesting a high school student 32 years ago. Contacted yesterday, the woman who made the allegation offered no details of what she says Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Los Angeles Archdiocese actually did.

 

Mahony himself revealed the molestation claim - and strongly denied it - in a three-page statement. He issued the statement after a Los Angeles radio station revealed some leaked church e-mails about abuse cases that refer briefly to the woman's claim. His statement gave no specifics about what sort of abuse the woman, Flora Mae Hickman, said had occurred. Hours later, Hickman said she couldn't recall much of what happened that day in 1969.

 

Hickman, now 51, said she was knocked unconscious while fighting with other students at San Joaquin Memorial Catholic High School in Fresno. She said she woke up, found the "bottom" part of her clothing missing and saw Mahony, then a monsignor in Fresno, standing over her... She said she couldn't describe the incident in more detail, but she insisted: "I'm not making this up. . . . I did call police when I was out of high school. They didn't believe me."

 

When asked for clarification whether she was truly sexually molested, she answered: "Yes. I'm going to stick with it and I'm not backing down.".. In his statement, he denied Hickman's claim and said he had called for church and law-enforcement officials to investigate.
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PRIEST ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE IS FOUND DEAD
Crime & Justice News 04/05/02 - Kaye Spector Plain Dealer Reporter The Rev. Don Rooney didn't show up for an appointment Wednesday with officials of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese to talk about a sexual abuse allegation against him.

 

Yesterday, the 48-year-old priest was found slumped over the wheel of his car, dead of a gunshot wound to the head that was apparently self-inflicted. In keeping with its new policy on openness in the midst of a national sexual abuse scandal, the diocese last night issued a news release about Rooney's death, asking for "God's mercy upon Fr. Don and upon all of us."

 

In an interview later, a diocese spokesman disclosed the allegations against the priest: A woman told the church on Monday that in 1980, when she was a child, Rooney sexually abused her. She said it happened while he was an associate pastor at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Wadsworth, a year after Rooney was ordained. The allegation had not been substantiated...

 

Rooney grew up on Cleveland's West Side. After becoming a priest, he had moved from church to church, which is not unusual for associate pastors, Tayek said. From 1991 to 1996, Rooney was at St. Columbkille in Parma and from 1996 to 1998, he was at St. John Vianney in Mentor. He joined St. Anthony after taking a year off to care for an ailing parent, Tayek said.
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CATHOLIC PEDOPHILE PRIESTS SCANDALS
A former parish priest was convicted in January of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy a decade ago. Records depict the "loathsome deeds of a sexual predator who allegedly preyed on over 100 innocent children over three decades." The Catholic Church already has paid over $10 million to settle 50 civil lawsuits against this priest alone.

The Boston archdiocese has quietly settled child sex-abuse claims against at least 70 other priests in the past 10 years. Church leaders could have stopped the abuse but didn't. Instead, they quietly shuffled the predatory priest from parish to parish where he continued to prey on children. A $120 jury award in Dallas in 1997 was later reduced to $23 million (2/1 CC). Catholics in Ireland agreed last month to pay $110 million to settle cases involving hundreds of people who claimed they were sexually abused as children by priests, nuns, and other church officials over several decades. (2/11 USN&WR) The Catholic "forbidding to marry" rule (1Tim.4:3) is a main causal factor. ( The Calvary Contender )

AUSTRALIA'S ANGLICAN CURCH MAKES FORMAL APOLOGY TO SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS
Sydney (ENI). The leaders of Australia's Anglican Church have made a formal apology to victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Anglican clergy, officers and institutions in what is seen as a response to continuing controversy over Australia's constitutional head of state, the former archbishop Peter Hollingworth.

 

In recent weeks Hollingworth has faced calls for his resignation as governor-general for the way he handled child sexual abuse cases when he was archbishop of Brisbane. On 17 March, the standing committee of the Anglican church's general synod issued a statement expressing deep regret to victims of sexual abuse for the hurt that had been caused and the breakdown in pastoral relationships. [Ecumenical News]

PARISH EMBRACES A TIME OF HOPE, NOT SCANDAL IN MADISON WISCONSIN.
In Madison, Wis., where sex scandals involving Catholic priests have not reached, clergy must still deal with the damaging effects. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/national/31CHUR.html?todaysheadlines

DIACESE PAYS $1.2 MILLION IN SEX LAWSUIT
A California woman who accused a priest of sexually abusing her and then paying for an abortion will receive $1.2 million to settle her suit against the Roman Catholic Church.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/02/national/02PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

JUDGE RULES IT WAS TOO LATE TO CHARGE PRIEST WITH RAPES
Criminal charges against a Boston priest who is accused of sex crimes were thrown out by a judge who said too much time had elapsed since the original accusation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/national/08PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

U.S. CATHOLICS SEE PRIEST SCANDAL AS TESTING FAITH AND THE VATICAN
A growing number of Roman Catholics in America are coming to see the current scandal over sexual abuse by priests as a pivotal crossroads for the church.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/08/national/08CATH.html?todaysheadlines

ARACHDIOCESE TO YIELD LIST OF SEX ACCUSERS
The Archdiocese of Boston agreed to turn over the names of children that almost 90 Roman Catholic priests there are accused of molesting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/02/national/02PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

CATHOLIC BISHOP IN FLORIDA QUITS, ADMITTING SEX ABUSE IN THE 70'S
The Roman Catholic bishop of Palm Beach, Fla., resigned on Friday after admitting that he sexually abused a teen-age seminary student 27 years ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/09/national/09BISH.html?todaysheadlines

BLACK SCHOOL ABRUPTLY EXITS CHICAGO CATHOLIC LEAGUE
A black Catholic school withdrew from a mostly white Catholic athletic conference, after months of struggle in which it was initially denied membership.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/09/education/09TEAM.html?todaysheadlines

AS SCANDAL KEEPS GROWING, CHURCH AND ITS FAITHFUL REEL
The sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Roman Catholic Church, far from being nearly over, has only begun.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/national/17PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

TWO PATHS, NO EASY SOLUTION ON ABUSIVE PRIESTS
Two Roman Catholic dioceses in the St. Louis area illustrate the divergent paths that can be taken when handling accusations of sexual abuse by clergy members.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/national/03PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S TV APPEARANCE FAILS TO HALT CALLS FOR RESIGNATION
Sydney (ENI). Australia's Anglican Church has announced an enquiry into child abuse in church institutions amid continuing criticism of the country's constitutional head of state - a former Anglican archbishop - over handling of child abuse cases when he was archbishop of Brisbane.

The announcement was made on 19 February as speculation increased that Dr Peter Hollingworth, who as governor-general acts as Australia's head of state on behalf of the British sovereign, may be forced to resign over the affair. Hollingworth appeared on national television on Monday evening to defend himself against multiple accusations that he covered up and failed to confront allegations of sexual assault by clergy during his time as head of the Brisbane diocese. [ENI-02-20-02]

BOSTON DIOCESE PROTECTED PRIEST LONG LINKED TO ABUSE
High-ranking Roman Catholic officials in Boston vouched for the character of a priest when he was transferred even though they knew he had been accused of sex abuse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/09/national/09PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

SECRECY OVER ABUSIVE PRIESTS COMES BACK TO HAUNT CHURCH
The tough legal tactics that Roman Catholic dioceses employed for decades to keep incidents of sexual abuse by priests secret have now come back to haunt the church.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/national/12CHUR.html?todaysheadlines

SECRETS. CELIBACY AND THE CHURCH BY JASON BERRY
Conservatives and liberals alike should acknowledge that sexual secrecy is destroying the church, and one way to save it would be to make celibacy optional. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/03/opinion/03BERR.html?todaysheadlines

INSURANCE WON'T COVER SUITS, ARCHDIOCESE SAYS
The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston acknowledged that its insurance would not cover settlements of suits against priests accused of sexually abusing children.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/13/national/13CHUR.html?todaysheadlines

ARCHDIOCESE NEARS ACCORD IN ABUSE SUITS
The Archdiocese of Boston has tentatively agreed to pay up to $30 million to settle cases against a former priest accused of molesting nearly 200 children.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/national/06PRIE.html?todaysheadlines

BLAME CATHOLIC POPE FOR CHARISMATICS?
In 1962, Pope John XXIII issued a call for a "NEW PENTECOST." The result was the charismatic renewal, which has touched tens of millions of people both within and outside the Roman Catholic Church (3/02 Charisma). Of course, Episcopal priest Dennis Bennett, Oral Roberts, and others were early leaders in the movement.

 

Pentecostal historian Vinson Synan believes there are now 400 million Catholics and Protestants worldwide who have received the "baptism in the Holy Spirit." The charismatic movement has become weirder and wilder in recent years, thanks to such leaders as Benny Hinn, Paul Crouch, John Wimber, Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Rodney Howard-Browne, etc.- giving us the Laughing Revival, the Pensacola Outpouring, etc. It is a tool for building the ecumenical church of the Antichrist. (The Calvary Contender March 15, 2002)

CHURCH KNEW SEX-ABUSE ACCUSATIONS SINCE 1967
The Archdiocese of Boston knew that one of its priests, now accused of rape, spoke in favor of sex between men and boys at a 1979 meeting that apparently led to the founding of a pedophile group, according to court documents released yesterday. The documents also show archdiocese officials knew of sexual misconduct accusations against the Rev. Paul Shanley since at least 1967 but continued to allow him access to children in different parishes for more than 20 years. [Real World News 4/9/02]
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020409-17384604.htm

224 MOLEST CHARGES AGAINST PRIEST TOSSED BY JUDGE
Charges that now-defrocked Catholic priest Patrick O'Shea molested nine youths in the 1960s and 1970s were dismissed today by a Superior Court judge, who said prosecutors waited too long to file the case. O'Shea, 69, once a power in the San Francisco archdiocese, has been held in jail in lieu of $5 million bail for nearly two years on 224 counts of molestation. The former monsignor still faces charges of embezzling more than $250,000 donated by nuns and parishioners during his 16 years at two churches. [Real World News 3.15.02] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/03/14/MN60725.DTL

POPE SUED OVER CONDOM STANCE
A concept artist from Germany is suing the Pope for his religious position against using condoms. Karl-Friedrich Lentze has filed a case at the International Court in The Hague. The 54-year-old from Bonn claims the Pontiff's stance equals an incitement to cause grievous bodily harm by exposing people to diseases like Aids. The artist argues that Pope John Paul II "should be made responsible for the deaths of countless people" and his anti-condom position shows "significant contempt and arrogance towards human life". Mr Lentze says he is still a Christian despite leaving the church.(3.6.02 Real World News)
http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_536561.html

POLISH ARCHBISHOP STEPS DOWN AFTER NEWSPAPER ALLEGATIONS
Warsaw (ENI). Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of a Polish Roman Catholic archbishop after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against the archbishop in a leading Polish newspaper. The archbishop, who has maintained his innocence throughout the affair, announced that he had asked the pope to "release" him from his duties to bring "unity and peace" to his diocese. The pope accepted his request on 28 March, according to reports. [429 words, ENI-4.4.02]

MORE THAN 200 PRIESTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch survey has revealed that 232 priests accused of sexual misconduct (out of 178 U.S. dioceses), have been removed during the past 20 years, as reported by STL Today. However, for a few dioceses, such actions were "an internal matter." A communication director explained that in his diocese, some priests were let go in the 1980s, but since 1992 and the distribution of new tough rules, "We do not investigate ourselves.. you have to go to the cops." According to STL Today, some dioceses said that "when the alleged abuse dates from many years earlier, there is an internal review first." In those years, priests were not challenged through psychological tests that are a routine in seminary now.
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CATHOLICISM, LIKE ISLAM, HAS MISUSED POWER
Like Islam, wherever it had the power, the Roman Catholic Church for more than a thousand years forced its false doctrines upon the populace under penalty of death. Its false doctrine offered heaven through baptism, sacraments, indulgencies, the wearing of scapulars and medals and other good works. The popes matched the Muslim promise of Paradise for the jihad martyr by offering a plenary indulgence and instant entrance into heaven for all who died in the Holy Land Crusades. Such practices were directly contrary to the teachings of the Bible and the example of Christ and of the early church. [Excerpt, 2/02 Berean Call] (The Calvary Contender March 15, 2002)

PEDOPHILE PRIESTS
In the wake of revelations of sex scandals in the U.S. Catholic Church, 70 percent of its members seem to favor an end of the celibacy requirement for priests, according to a Newsweek poll. But some stark statistics show that most parishes could not afford married pastors. "The point is that, unlike Protestants, Catholics don't tithe," the Rev. Gerald E. Murray, a canon lawyer in New York, told UPI Thursday. William Ryan, spokesman for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, concurred: "We have tried to start a tithing movement, but it
hasn't caught on yet."

 

U.S. Labor Department statistics show that the nation's 30,000 diocesan priests earned anywhere from $12,936 to $15,483 in 1999, in addition to their board and keep. Said Murray, "You could never raise a family on that kind of an income." By contrast an average pastor's salary of the United Church of Christ in Connecticut is about
$40,000, according to official UCC figures. Full-time ministers of large parishes receive as much as $76,533.

Elsewhere, Protestant clergymen make even more. "An associate pastor of a suburban congregation in the South earns $100,000, reported Leadership Journal, a professional publication for ministers.

 

This still does not correspond to the income executives in comparable secular position command. But then, the UCC report quoted a pastor as saying, "Nobody goes into ministry for the money. But we do have to pay the mortgage, put food on the table, pay for child care, pay for student loans, and save for college education."

 

Murray estimated that the average parishioner in his congregation, St. Vincent de Paul in Manhattan, gives $4 at the offering during mass every week. By contrast, many Protestants place large checks on the offering plate, in addition to their monthly contributions. "If American Catholics would have a hard time feeding married priests and their families, can you imagine the upheaval in Third-World congregations if they were suddenly faced with
such an obligation?" a Vatican official asked. Would allowing priests to marry solve the problem of clerical molesters? Why or why not? According to today's report from the Italy, the Vatican does not take this latest scandal about the Catholic Church serious. The pope says that the media is creating this issue to hurt the church.

INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL TURNS INTO REALITY
OneWorld, US - Jim Lobe - Apr 12, 2002 - The treaty creating the world's first permanent court to try war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide became international law Thursday when 10 nations deposited their ratifications of the 1998 Rome Protocol in a ceremony at United Nations headquarters in New York that was boycotted by the United States.

 

The 10 brought the total number of countries that have ratified the Protocol to 66, six more than the minimum needed for the treaty to go into force. The new International Criminal Court (ICC), as it is formally known, is expected to open for business at the Hague in the Netherlands by early next year. "The long-held dream of a permanent international criminal court will now be realized," said UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Thursday's ceremony. "Those who commit war crimes, genocide or other crimes against humanity will no longer be beyond the reach of justice."

 

Despite the U.S. boycott, the achievement was also hailed by U.S. human rights groups which campaigned for the ICC. "The ICC is potentially the most important human rights institution created in 50 years," said Richard Dicker, director of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/oneworld/20020412/wl_oneworld/1032_1018619479

FC: U.N.MEETING HEARS PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL HUMAN DATABASE
ID #s Refugees meeting hears proposal to register every human in GENEVA, Dec 13 AAP Published: Friday December 14, 2001 Every person in the world would be fingerprinted and registered under a universal identification scheme to fight illegal immigration and people smuggling outlined at a United Nations meeting today. The plan was put forward by Pascal Smet, the head of Belgium's independent asylum review board, at a roundtable meeting with ministers including Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock this afternoon. http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/2001/12/14/FFX058CU6VC.html

A GIANT BRONZE STATUE DEPICTING A WINGED PRINCE OF WALES "SAVING THE WORLD"
A giant bronze statue depicting a winged Prince of Wales "saving the world" is to take pride of place in a Brazilian town square named in his honour. A foot-high replica of the sculpture was presented to the Prince as he went deep into the Amazonian rain forest. The Prince reached the remote Cangacu research station by means of a plane, helicopter and then a motor launch along the Javaes River. Full story: http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_537085.html

1978 DRUG TRAFFICKING ECONOMICS BECOMES IMF POLICY
As prices remain relatively stable and it produces quick cash. http://www.trufax.org/chrono/cri.html

1978 THE CORPS HAS BUILT CLASSIFIED UNDERGROUND FACILITIES FOR THE US GOVERNMENT
A speech by Deputy Director of Engineering of the Army Corps of Engineers, Llotd Duscha, explicitly states that the Corps has built classified underground facilities for the US government. http://www.trufax.org/chrono/cri.html

1978 CONGRESSIONAL ESTIMATE OF US ILICIT DRUG CONSUMPTION IS $80 BILLION
http://www.trufax.org/chrono/cri.html

1979 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) created by [former President]Carter under Executive Order 12148. FEMA absorbs the LEAA and becomes the primary control organization for the internal security of the United States during "emergencies". FEMA generates exercises for eventual .. martial law.. Under FEMA are executed other Executive Orders grouped by [former President] Nixon and others into single purpose overall EO's, including EO11002, Mandatory Registration of All People including babies and children in the United States at the US Post Office. Forms exist at Post Offices in boxes marked "For Emergency Use Only". EO 11000 provides for seizure of civilians, who will be organized into work brigades, which includes the right to split up families, and EO10999, the seizure of all private and commercial transportation. Carter delegates FEMA the power to act for the president. http://www.trufax.org/chrono/cri.html

1979 Electronic Identification Research begins at Los Alamos for ID implants. http://www.trufax.org/chrono/cri.html

1976 Teleguard TG2 DE monitoring device begins to be installed in all TV sets. The device is capable of transmission of all activities and sounds in front of the set to satellite and CIA headquarters. Confirmed in 1993 investigation. http://www.trufax.org/chrono/cri.html

The National Civil Defense/Emergency Management Monument was dedicated April 6th 2002 at the National Emergency Training Center. Funded with private donations, it features a block of white Vermont granite in the shape of a PYRAMID, representing the shared responsibilities of federal, state and local governments. The monument is topped with a bronze American eagle. http://www.fema.gov/

FEMA HISTORY
http://www.newnetizen.com/fema/femahistory.htm

TOM RIDGE: BIG BUSINESS MUST HELP WITH SECURITY
The Mercury News 4.16.02 - Government and business leaders were there to launch a program that will allow thousands of trucks to avoid inspections when crossing into Michigan from Canada. Companies enrolled in the program will supply the government in advance with detailed information about their cargo, trucks and drivers. In return, their trucks will speed through a fast lane. Crossing time for commercial trucks will be reduced from two hours to less than 40 seconds. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/3077100.htm

YEAR 2000 GOVERNOR'S RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS 33% CATHOLIC, 22% METHODIST
http://www.adherents.com/adh_gov.html

THE KNIGHTS OF BUSINESS
Business Week: May 1, 1995 - Former Fidelity mutual fund whiz Peter Lynch, former Borden CEO Eugene Sullivan, and former University of Notre Dame administrator James Frick - all are Knights of Malta, an elite, secretive, Catholic lay order that counts O'Connor as its spiritual leader in the U.S.
The knights trace their history back some 900 years, to a band of warrior-monks who tended to the injured during the Crusades. Though the order has only about 2,600 U.S. members, several have played roles in recent high-profile corporate meltdowns. William J. Agee, ousted in February as CEO of Morrison Knudsen Corp., is a member, as are his wife, Mary Cunningham Agee, and at least two directors, Lynch and headhunter Gerard R. Roche. http://www.cephasministry.com/nwo_corp_knights.html

GLOBAL EVENTS PUT FAITH ON AGENDA AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
2.2.02 - New York (ENI). Amid tight security and a sense of slight displacement and even unease for some of the participants, a number of prominent world religious leaders joined their political and business counterparts at the World Economic Forum in New York City. This year's annual gathering of business leaders and political figures includes a strong presence by RELIGIOUS FIGURES invited partly because of the religious dimension to issues such as the Middle East conflict, the war in Afghanistan and the 11 September attacks in the United States. Klaus Schwab, the president of the World Economic Forum, said RELIGIOUS LEADERS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE GLOBAL AGENDA, given the increased prominence of religion in the world. "It is clear that the world's religions play a central role in societies around the world," he said. [ENI-2/4/02]

BLAIR: TIME NOT RIGHT TO TAKE ON SADDAM
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that the time was not right for military action against Iraq, but that the threat posed by possible weapons of mass destruction would be confronted in a "measured" way. "The time for military action has not yet arisen," Mr. Blair told Parliament, three days after he warned of possible military action to topple the "brutal, repressive" regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after a two-day summit with President Bush in Texas. [REAL WORLD NEWS 4/11/2002] http://www.washtimes.com/world/20020411-23919832.htm

ENGLISH FARMING 'UNSUSTAINABLE'
NEWS BRIEF: "English farming 'unsustainable',", BBC News Online, Sci/Tech, Tuesday, 29 January, 2002,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1787000/1787329.stm The destruction - the deliberate collapse -- of our Beef Culture is an integral part in returning all the peoples of the world to a Low Entropy state in which Sustainability is the key word. The British government has killed 10 million head of livestock to "fight" a benign animal disease that is not fatal to humans, nor even transmissible to us! [ www.cuttingedge.org ]

AMERICA'S LEADERS WORSHIPPING IDOLS.
Friday Church News Notes, April 5, 2002 (David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org) Some of America's highest officials are worshipping idols on their overseas travels. This has occurred at least twice this year. In February, President George Bush, who professes faith in Jesus Christ and attends church, performed an act of worship at a Shinto temple that houses the remains of Emperor Meiji. Bush, attended by his wife, entered the temple, clapped and bowed deeply. Kiyomasa Akashi of Logos Ministries in Tokyo, rightly observed, "It was an act of idolatry" (Assist News Service, April 1, 2002).

Christian leaders and missionaries in Japan sent letters of warning to the White House, but they went unheeded. They tried to explain that many Christians have been terribly persecuted because they refused to participate in Shinto rituals and emperor worship. Some were killed and others had their hands chopped off. In January, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell visited Nepal, and the newspapers here printed a photo of him worshipping at the prominent Buddhist temple, Bouddha Nath Stupa.

Powell wore a Buddhist prayer cloth around his shoulders and lit a butter lamp. Any Buddhist would recognize these as acts of worship. Christians in Nepal have suffered greatly by refusing to participate in precisely the type of worship that Powell performed. When Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, and Shinto leaders visit America, they are not expected to enter a church and worship Jesus Christ.

Why, then, are America's leaders, most of who profess to be Christians, so foolishly eager to worship pagan deities? These are not matters that can be taken lightly. God's curse is upon idolatry. [Amen Project Church News Notes, April 5, 2002 - David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061 ]

DIVORCE OVER THE INTERNET
In this "plugged in" and "online" generation it is no surprise that divorces are now being made available via the Internet. CompleteCase.com, based in Seattle, offers quick and easy divorces in Washington, California, Florida, and New York. The service will be offered soon in Texas, and there are plans to expand rapidly to many other states. It is billed as "the country's first automated online divorce procedure website."
For about $250 and two hours of filling out online forms you can now break the solemn and holy bond that was made before God and man, assuming your spouse does not contest. Jesus Christ said something about this a long time ago. "Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder" (Matt. 19:6). http://wayoflife.org

EMBALMING CLASS USED BODY WITHOUT PERMISSION, SUIT SAYS
A North Lauderdale, Fla., man has sued Lynn University, accusing it of allowing mortuary science students to practice embalming on his wife's body. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/03/national/03FUNE.html?todaysheadlines

FIRST LADY-FIRST, UNITED METHODIST
World, 10/20/01 - First Lady Laura Bush agreed to participate in the launch of the second annual "Close the Book on Hate" campaign, sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League and the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain, whose goals include stamping out opposition to the homosexual agenda. Among the campaign supporters are the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Asked whether she knew about the involvement of homosexual activists, the First Lady's press aide said, "Yes. When you see the reading list, you'll see this is just what it says it is, closing the book on hate." The ADL reading list offers several well-publicized pro-homosexual books, including Daddy's Roommate

THE SMOKE MACHINE
The Smoke Machine by Paul Krugman - The "vast right-wing conspiracy" is not an overheated metaphor but a straightforward reality, and it works a lot like a special-interest lobby. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/opinion/29KRUG.html?todaysheadlines

WHO IS WHO: CHURCH AND STATE HAVE BECOME ONE - HAVE WE COME FULL CIRCLE WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH? http://www.cephasministry.com/who_is_who.html

RUSSIAN CHURCH OFFICIAL ISSUES WARNING ON MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ
Moscow (ENI). Amid continuing reports that the United States is considering military action against Iraq, a Russian Orthodox official who has just returned from an unprecedented visit to the Arab country has cautioned against such a step. "We consider such an approach unacceptable," said Nikolai Balashov, the Moscow Patriarchate's secretary for relations with other Orthodox Churches. He warned that an attack against Iraq could not be targeted against the country's ruling elite but would affect the population as a whole. [11 April 2002 - ENI]

BUSH OFFERS DETAILS OF AID TO NEW YORK TOPPING $20 BILLION
President Bush declared on Thursday that he was moving to fulfill his promise to give New York at least $20 billion to help rebuild from the Sept. 11 attack. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/politics/08AID.html?todaysheadlines

DRUGSTORES THREATEN TO END MEDICAID SERVICE
Drugstores around the nation are threatening to stop serving Medicaid patients if states follow through on plans to cut the amounts paid for filling prescriptions. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/national/12MEDI.html?todaysheadlines

IF JOBS ARE GONE FOR GOOD. WHAT GOOD ARE BENEFITS?
A question has come up over whether extending unemployment benefits for laid of workers like those in a small Virginia town still works as intended. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/national/08JOBL.html?todaysheadlines

MORE GRADUATES MIRED IN DEBT, SURVEY FINDS
Two out of three students must now borrow money to attend college, and four out of ten face UNMANAGEABLE DEBTS as they finish. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/08/education/08DEBT.html?todaysheadlines

U.S. NUCLEAR PLAN SEES NEW WEAPONS AND NEW TARGETS
In a major shift in strategy, a secret Pentagon report calls for developing nuclear weapons that would be better suited for striking potential enemies. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/international/10NUKE.html?todaysheadlines

SWISS CHURCHES CAMPAIGN FOR SWITZERLAND TO JOIN UN
Geneva, 13 February (ENI)--Churches in Switzerland have urged citizens to vote "yes" in a crucial referendum next month on whether the traditionally neutral country should join the United Nations. Government leaders in Switzerland are vigorously campaigning for UN membership, which is opposed by two parties at the far right who say membership would compromise Swiss "national honour and independence". In a joint statement calling for support for UN membership, leaders of Switzerland's main Protestant and Roman Catholic churches said the UN's objectives of "promoting peace, justice and social security" corresponded to those of the churches.[ENI-02-13_02]

WHY DOES CHINA NEED POPULATION FUNDS?
Why does the United Nations Population Fund need $34 million from us (or anyone) to promote family planning in China, a nation that slaughtered 85.5 million unborn babies and sterilized 45 million women in a mere 10 years? [3/2 World] [CALVARY CONTENDER, April 7, 2002]

ITALIAN DOCTOR CLAIMS TO HAVE PRODUCED FIRST CLONED PREGNANCY.
Dr. Severino Antinori claims that a woman has been impregnated through his human cloning program. The claim has not been independently verified, but authorities in Italy and elsewhere have warned that any cloning of humans is illegal and dangerous. Italy's Health Minister warned that if the story were true "it's a leap into the unknown medically, a completely illegal act from the law's point of view, and an aberration from a moral point of view." We agree. http://www.wayoflife.org

ITALY SEEKS U.K. AID TO BAR E.U. 'SUPERSTATE'
The Berlusconi Government’s more robust stand on Europe has cleared the way for a partnership between Britain and Italy to counteract the Franco-German "axis" and resist the development of a European "superstate", Italian ministers believe. Renato Ruggiero resigned as Italy’s Foreign Minister last weekend because of differences over his Cabinet colleagues’ lack of enthusiasm for the launch of the euro. Yesterday he accused Silvio Berlusconi, the Prime Minister, of regarding the European Union as no more than a "necessary evil". But Rocco Buttiglione, the Minister for Europe, said that Italy’s centre-right Government was merely "following the British example in fighting for our corner", and gave notice that Italian policy towards European integration would be more robust.[1.10.2002 - Real World News] http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2002015982,00.html

BUSH SPENDING BILL LARGEST EVER
As anticipated, President Bush will propose a 2003 spending plan that will include increased funding for the war, but the first deficit forecast since President Clinton's February 1997 budget proposal. The budget plan, which will be for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, is the first in history to exceed $2 trillion, according to budget chief Mitch Daniels. Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget, while not offering an exact dollar figure, said this year's budget shortfall will be less than 1 percent of the size of the U.S. economy. That would translate into about $100 billion or less, figuring that the economy is now about $10 trillion strong. "The budget we propose, because it fights a war, addresses our emergency and will propose a growth package to combat recession, will be very slightly in deficit," Daniels said.[REAL WORLD NEWS 01/14/2002] http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42822,00.html

U.N. TO APPROVE ANTI-TERROR TREATY IN 'NEXT MONTH OR SO'
Secretary-General Kofi Annan hopes the 189 UN member states will approve a comprehensive TREATY AGAINST TERRORISM "in the next month or so." But there's still one major obstacle: defining who's a terrorist. The General Assembly's legal committee came tantalizingly close to reaching agreement in November, and is scheduled to resume negotiations Monday. A comprehensive treaty would incorporate key elements from a dozen anti-terrorism conventions and protocols already on the books and hopefully would raise the worldwide standards and capabilities for fighting terrorism, diplomats said. [REAL WORLD NEWS 1.24.02] http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/01/24/LatestNews/LatestNews.42241.html

BUSH APPOINTS MORE HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS
President Bush has quietly appointed four homosexual activists to mid-level spots in his administration. The homosexual political group, Log Cabin Republicans is applauding President Bush for appointing four of its members to posts in the administration. "President Bush has just done a phenomenal job and his approval ratings in the gay and lesbian community are higher than any Republican president has ever enjoyed," said Kevin Ivers, director of public affairs for the Log Cabin Republicans. [REAL WORLD NEWS 4/11/2002] http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0020313.html

MAD ELK DISEASE SPREADS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA
A form of Mad Cow Disease, which effects Elk and Deer is spreading westwards across North America and Canada. Officials have reported cases in captive herds, which will now have to be culled. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), or as it is more commonly known, Mad Elk Disease, has been found before in wild deer as well as wild and captive elk. There are also reports of the first case of the disease in mules. Cases of Mad Elk Disease have been found for the first time on the west side of the Rocky Mountains, indicating that CWD had crossed the US continental divide. [Real World News 4.8.02] http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1916000/1916182.stm

STATE AGENCY IN FLORIDA IS PLANNING TO CUT DOWN AND BURN 200,000 ORANGE TREES BECAUSE A FEW TREES HAVE CANKERWORM. 4.10.02 TAMPA TV NEWS. SCOUTS LOSE UNITED WAY FUNDS OVER GAY BAN
At least 39 United Way affiliates around the country have stopped direct community funding of the Boy Scouts to protest the Scouts' ban on homosexual leaders. "I'd estimate these decisions affected 10 [percent] to 15 percent of the average income of an affected [Boy Scouts] council, and they've totaled millions of dollars. And when it happens, we have to find other ways to raise those dollars," said Gregg Shields, spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America. [Real World News 3.15.02] http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020315-89235476.htm

PRINCE CHARLES: 'SAVIOR OF THE WORLD'
The Prince of Wales is to be immortalized in bronze as a muscular, winged god dressed in nothing more than a loincloth. He will be the first living member of the Royal Family to have a life-size statue dedicated in his honor. Although the Prince is destined to become Defender of the Faith when he becomes King of England, the inscription on the statue in Brazil will honor him as "Savior of the World." He is shown naked, apart from the loincloth, with giant, angel-like wings protruding from his back. His arms are extended as if offering comfort and security. [Real World News 3.7.02] http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,47332,00.html

FRANCE PASSES CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-CULT LAW
Passing a controversial anti-cult law, France embarked on what some feared was a trend to restrict and oversee religious movements. And several other European governments may follow suit. A Sunday morning church service in Mulhouse, France where thousands gather in the eastern corner of the country to worship, pray and hear from God is a familiar scene repeated weekly across this country and around the world. But here, where the constitution states: "France shall respect all beliefs"-- evangelical churches like this one, are under suspicion. "Now in France, it is very difficult to preach the Gospel," said Peterschmitt, who is pastor of the Full Gospel Mission Church. [ 3.6.02 Real World News ] http://www.cbn.com/CBNNews/CWN/030102FranceCults.asp

E.U. OKS KYOTO PACT
The European Union on Monday legally adopted the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. Speaking after ministers of the European Union's 15 member states met to discuss the protocol for the first time since the Kyoto city meeting, European Commissioner for the Environment Margot Walstrom said the agreement reached unanimously in Brussels was now "law in the European Union." The protocol, first drafted in the Japanese city in 1997, requires signatories to reduce emissions of so-called greenhouse gases by 8 percent of 1990 levels over five years from 2008 to 2012.[3.5.02 - Real World News] http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=04032002-041234-3318r

FILIPINO CHURCH LEADERS WARN AGAINST INCREASED US MILITARY PRESENCE
Manila (ENI). Church leaders in the Philippines have condemned<BR> plans to increase the number of United States troops in the country. The Philippine church leaders claim that the escalation of the US war against terrorism here may lead to greater antagonism between Filipino Muslims and Christians and the further erosion of Philippine sovereignty. [ENI-10 April 2002]

KOHL: RUSSIA NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN E.U.
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said Tuesday that Europe's next major task is to find a permanent place for Russia within it, but the process will require patience. "You must realize how hard it was after 40 years of divided Germany to carry out the process of unification," Kohl, the chancellor who presided over German reunification in 1990, told about 200 people attending a conference on Russian-German relations. "We in Germany needed a whole generation to recover. Russia has to come over a longer road starting back in 1917." He acknowledged that 10 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia "is still far from those ideal expectations we had." [3.5.02 - Real World News] http://www.russiajournal.ru/news/index.shtml?nd=12113#n12113

SUPERPOWER EUROPE GOES ON THE AGENDA
An historic Convention on the Future of Europe was launched yesterday with bold calls for a "constitutional treaty" and deeper integration to transform the European Union into a global force matching the United States. The president of the 105-strong gathering, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, left no doubt in his inaugural address that his mission is to draft a blueprint establishing the powers of Brussels once and for all. He said the year-long deliberations should produce a document that "would open the way towards a constitution for Europe". [Real World News 03/01/2002] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/01/weur01. xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/01/ixworld.html

E.U., U.S. TRADE WAR LOOMS OVER STEEL DISPUTE
The European Union has promised retaliatory action after the US decided to slap punishing penalties on imported steel. EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy said the US move flouted international trade rules, and promised to launch an immediate complaint with the World Trade Organisation.President George W Bush decided to impose the protectionist measures after pressure from the ailing US steel industry to save jobs. With a transatlantic trade war on the cards, the first director general of the World Trade Organisation, Peter Sutherland, warned of the "very dangerous" effect on the global economy. [Real World News 3.6.02] http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1857000/1857957.stm

WHAT TO DO IF YOU LOSE YOUR PURSE OR WALLET
We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed using your name, address, SS#, credit, etc. Unfortunately I have firsthand knowledge, because my wallet was stolen last month and within a week the thieve(s) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more. But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know. As everyone always advises, cancel your credit cards immediately, but the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Steps to take: file a police report immediately. call three national credit card reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and SS#
1) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
2) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742
3) Trans Union:1-800-680-7289
4) Social Security Administration (fraud line):1-800-269-0271

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM:
Author Ernest L. Martin passed away last month. His work is carried on by a colleague.
The Star of Bethlehem: How was it possible? (click on monitor icon)
http://www.askelm.com/video/v020301.htm

AN ANIMATED VIEW OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE
http://www.askelm.com/index.asp

TEMPLE REVEALS SECRETS OF THE ONE GOD
In a remote corner of Jordan, archaeologists have uncovered a room that may transform the way we think about God. It's massive stones still clinging to the damp hills of the Jordan River Valley, the Migdol Temple at first appears to be little more than an ancient network of fortified walls. Yet when Jordanian and Australian archaeologists working at the site of ancient Pella began piecing it together in 1997, it didn’t take them long to realize that they were reconstructing something extraordinary: a 3,600-year-old textbook in stone. The Migdol Temple charts within a single room one of the most important events in human history: the transition from polytheism to the belief in one God.[3.6.02 Real World News] http://www.dailystar.com.lb/05_03_02/art3.htm

RED HEIFER BORN IN ISRAEL
It can now be revealed that less than one month ago, a red heifer was born in Israel. After the heifer's owner contacted the Temple Institute, on Friday, April 5th, 2001, Rabbi Menachem Makover and Rabbi Chaim Richman traveled to the farm where the heifer is located, to inspect and validate her status. The rabbis found her to be kosher and were satisfied that this heifer could indeed be a candidate to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers, chapter 19. This is an important development towards the rebuilding of the Holy Temple. [Real World News 4/9/02] http://www.templeinstitute.org/current-events/RedHeifer/index.html

NAZARETH ISLAMIC LEADER: MOSQUE DECISION 'DECLARATION OF WAR'
A leader of the Islamic Movement in Nazareth described the government's decision yesterday to ban the construction of a disputed mosque in his city as a declaration of war against Islam. "We defeated the Crusaders 800 years ago and we will defeat the enemies of Islam today," said Nazareth Deputy Mayor Salman Abu Ahmed He said that the decision came as no surprise since in his view Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who appointed an interministerial committee to study the issue, had set up the committee to block the mosque.

[3.4.02 - Real World News] http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/03/04/News/News.44488.html

U.S. CHURCH LEADERS WELCOME U.N. RESOLUTION ON PALESTINE AND REITERATE NEED FOR END OF OCCUPATION
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2002 - Church leaders today welcomed the United Nations Security Council passage of a U.S.-initiated resolution proclaiming support for a Palestinian state. However, they cautioned that the resolution could be relegated to a fate of futility if not swiftly followed by concrete steps that bring an end to current Israeli-Palestinian violence and a resumption of negotiations toward full implementation of the U.N. "land-for-peace" formula...

Churches for Middle East Peace is a Washington-based program of the American Friends Service Committee, Catholic Conference of Major Superiors of Men's Institutes, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Church of the Brethren, Church World Service and Witness, Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, Mennonite Central Committee, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, Presbyterian Church (USA), Reformed Church in America, Unitarian Universalist Association, United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church. http://www.cmep.org/Statements/churchleaders031402.html

KASSAM ROCKET LAUNCHERS FOUND IN MOSQUE
IDF units on Saturday discovered 20 Kassam rocket launchers and related apparatus in a mosque in the town of El Bireh, near Ramallah, the IDF said this morning. Palestinians said soldiers damaged the structure during the search. The army denied the charge. [Real World News 4/9/02] http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/04/09/LatestNews/LatestNews.46581.html

DEAD BODY DRAGGED THROUGH BETHLEHEM
BETHLEHEM, West Bank - Palestinian militiamen shot dead two alleged collaborators with Israel on Thursday, then tied the body of one to the back of a pickup truck, dragged him through town and attempted to hang him from a rooftop overlooking the traditional birthplace of Christ.

The killings of the two Palestinians, carried out in front of onlookers, were a sign of the growing anarchy in the Palestinian areas as fighting with Israel intensified. The lawlessness will likely hamper the Palestinian Authority's ability to bring various militias in line with a cease-fire, should a U.S. envoy arriving Thursday succeed in brokering a truce.

It was the second time in three days that suspected informers have been killed and their bodies shown off. About two dozen collaborators have been killed by Palestinian militiamen during the past 18 months of fighting. March 14, 2002 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,47893,00.html

PRODI TO ISRAEL: WITHDRAW NOW OR FACE E.U. SANCTIONS
Europe signalled a tougher line towards Israel yesterday with a warning that it should withdraw immediately from the West Bank or face a review of its special relationship with the EU. Romano Prodi, president of the European commission, called for early talks with Ariel Sharon's government to discuss the EU-Israel association agreement, which provides for preferential trade and political dialogue. "The Israeli government must immediately pull out its forces from recently occupied territories," he said, warning of a "major humanitarian crisis" in the West Bank. [Real World News 4/9/02] http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,681181,00.html

SHARON: ISRAEL ACCEPTS ZINNI CEASE-FIRE PROPOSALS Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer agreed last night that Israel would accept all of the cese-fire recommendations of US Special envoy Anthony Zinni. US President George W. Bush this morning termed the IDF's partial withdrawal from several Palestinian cities overnight, "a beginning." [Real World News 4/9/02] http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/04/09/LatestNews/LatestNews.46586.html

AFTER POWELL FAILS IN MIDEAST
After Secretary of State Colin Powell's mission to the Middle East fails - as it is now in the process of doing - all our friends and enemies will analyze it to see what has been accomplished and what has been learned. The principal accomplishment will be the rehabilitation of Yasser Arafat. The lesson learned will be that George Bush's stand against terrorism everywhere can no longer be taken seriously. [REAL WORLD NEWS 4/11/2002] http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020411-41625931.htm

POWELL MEETS SHARON AND ARAFAT, NO TRUCE IN SIGHT
Sun 4.14.02 By Elaine Monaghan - TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) met Israeli leader Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) on Sunday after talks with Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) failed to produce agreement on a cease-fire that Palestinians say must start with an Israeli troop pullout.

AP Photo Mideast Conflict Audio/Video Powell: Talks With Arafat 'Useful' (Reuters)

Powell took his peace mission to Arafat's bullet-pocked compound in Ramallah after failing to persuade Israel to end the military assault it launched on the West Bank on March 29 following Palestinian suicide attacks that killed scores of Israelis.

Palestinian President Arafat did not emerge from his office, surrounded by Israeli tanks, after his talks with Powell.

Powell had postponed the meeting after a suicide bomber killed six people in Jerusalem on Friday, but chose to go ahead with it after Arafat condemned the bombing and all attacks on civilians.

POWELL TO VISIT LEBANON, SYRIA
In Beirut, government sources said Powell would visit Lebanon and Syria following cross-border attacks by Syrian-backed Hizbollah guerrillas on Israeli targets. They said Powell would meet Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Monday, before visiting Syria -- Lebanon's political master -- later in the day...

The Palestinian governor of Bethlehem, Mohammed al-Madani, who is among around 100 Palestinians, including some gunmen, inside the church, dismissed the idea, but said the besieged occupants would abide by any solution endorsed by Arafat... At least 1,267 Palestinians and 452 Israelis have been killed since a Palestinian revolt against occupation erupted across the West Bank and Gaza Strip in September 2000.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020414/wl_nm/mideast_dc_1520

UK MINISTRY MAKES ATOMIC BOMB PLANS PUBLIC
Paper Sun Apr 14, 2002 LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Ministry of Defense has made public step-by-step instructions for building an atomic bomb, a newspaper reported on Monday.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper said the ministry had also released papers to the Public Record Office describing ways that such a bomb could be smuggled into the country... Retired engineer Brian Burnell, who worked on the British atomic weapons program, told the paper the plans were enough to enable a terrorist to make an atomic bomb without difficulty.

"These documents should never have been declassified and since the events of September 11 there is a case for removing them from public access," he was quoted as saying. The main opposition Conservative Party's defense spokesman Bernard Jenkins told the Telegraph the files were "a monstrous free gift to terrorists."

The paper said the files related to the construction of Blue Danube, the first British atomic bomb which was built in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The plans gave complete cross-sections, precise measurements and full details of materials used for all the components, including the plutonium core and the initiator that sets off the chain reaction causing the blast, the paper said.

Burnell said a prospective bombmaker would need only a basic machine shop and the right components -- including weapons-grade plutonium -- to make the bomb according to the instructions in the files. The plans, available for anyone to see, are contained in files released to the Public Record Office over the last five years, the Telegraph said.

Last month researchers based at Stanford University in the United States said they had compiled a database of lost, stolen and misplaced nuclear material. Their research showed that over the past 10 years, at least 88 pounds of weapons-usable plutonium and uranium had been stolen from poorly protected facilities in the former Soviet Union. Most but not all of the material was eventually recovered... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020415/wl_nm/britain_atomic_dc_1&e=1&ncid=

ISRAEL STANDS ALONE!
Last night (4/8) and today there was a meeting called of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in the mideast. Forty countries attended the meeting and voiced their opinions on what actions the UN should be taking. To view the opinions go to: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2002/SC7359.doc.htm

THOUSANDS RALLY AT CAPITOL IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL
Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - 4.15.02 - The violence may be thousands of miles away, but the tensions related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were on display in Washington Monday as tens of thousands of people jammed the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol to attend what organizers called the "largest rally ever in support of Israel." Organizers estimated the crowd at 100,000. A much smaller counter-protest involved a group of Orthodox Jews and Muslims waving Palestinian flags and one Orthodox Jew saying the "bloodshed, whether it be Palestinians, whether it be Jewish, is totally a direct cause of Zionism." But the crowd that packed The Mall on an unusually warm spring day was overwhelmingly in support of Israel. Full Story

COUNTER PROTESTERS SAY 'ZIONISM' TO BLAME FOR MID-EAST VIOLENCE
Washington (CNSNews.com) - With Palestinian flags waving, a group of Orthodox Jews gathered with several Palestinian Muslim women Monday to protest Israel's behavior in the Middle-East crisis. Rabbi Yisrael Dovid Weiss, a Monsey, N.Y. Orthodox rabbi said the group wanted to "proclaim to the world that this tremendous rally that is supposedly representing Judaism is false." Weiss argued that God forbade the Jewish people from establishing their own state, and that the creation of a Jewish state is reserved for the Messiah. Full Story [CNSNews.com]

SAUDI AMBASSADOR PRAISES SUICIDE BOMBERS AND CRITICIZES WHITE HOUSE
London (CNSNews.com) - 4.15.02 - The Saudi ambassador to Britain has published a poem that praises suicide bombers and criticizes the White House on the front page of a leading Arabic daily newspaper. Ambassador Ghazi Algosaibi, who has represented Saudi Arabia in Britain for more than a decade, is a well-known poet and writer in his home country. Saturday's edition of the London-based al-Hayat newspaper reproduced his poem "The Martyrs." "May God be the witness that you are martyrs," the poem read. "You died to honor God's word. (You) committed suicide? We committed suicide by living like the dead." Full Story at http://www.CNSNews.com

ARARFAT'S WIFE LAUDS SUICIDE BOMBINGS
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - 4.15.02 - Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's wife Suha said in an interview that if she had a son she would want him to be a suicide bomber. She made the comment one day before Arafat himself denounced attacks against Israeli and Palestinian civilians. According to a report in Monday's New York Times, Suha endorsed suicide attacks as legitimate resistance against what the Palestinians consider to be Israeli occupation. In an interview published in the London-based, Arabic-language Al Majalla on Friday, Suha said there would be "no greater honor" than to sacrifice a son for the cause of the Palestinians. "Would you expect me and my children to be less patriotic and more eager to live than my countrymen and their father and leader who is seeking martyrdom?" she was quoted as saying. Suha, who has a daughter and not a son, has been living in Paris for some time, Israeli and Palestinian officials have said.

EUROPEAN LEADERS DISCUSS PEACE PLAN. REJECT ISRAEL SANCTIONS
London (CNSNews.com) - 4.15.02 - Europe's foreign ministers debated a wide-ranging German peace plan for the Middle East on Monday but rejected the option of imposing trade sanctions on Israel. EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg also discussed a German plan that includes a cease-fire, the withdrawal of Israeli troops, the dismantling of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and the creation of a Palestinian state. The agreement would be monitored by international troops in a buffer zone, setting the stage for discussions on some of the most intractable areas of the dispute, including the status of Jerusalem and the setting of borders between Israel and the future Palestine. The Germans want European, Russian and American forces to serve alongside U.N. troops to keep peace in the region, but Israeli government officials slammed the plan before Monday's meeting. Full Story at http://www.CNSNews.com

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