9 in 10 Americans Disillusioned With Democracy

America is not a democracy...it's a Constitutional Republic.  We are able to vote for many things which ARE democratically decided by the majority, like a mayoral election, your Congressman, or school-boards, etc... but NOT the President of the USA.  He is not elected by simply adding up the popular vote from across the country.  The reason our forefathers gave us the ELECTORAL COLLEGE system for Presidential elections was so that a state with a huge population couldn't single-handed always get their guy into office.

So our vote does hold a lot of sway and we are aware that many people in the world have NO VOTE and no say as to who their leaders will be.

But according to this article, 9 in 10 Americans are getting disillusioned with democracy.

Hillary and Trump Leave Americans with Angst, Malaise and Little Confidence  … A new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that the choice of Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump for president leaves Americans feeling frustrated, angry, helpless — suffering from angst and malaise, with little confidence with our political system.  –Red State
We covered this AP-NORC poll previously HERE but focused on Americans lack of trust when it comes to government.

But there is another aspect to this eye-opening poll.

The poll provides a devastating picture of American fidelity to the larger US system.

Americans don’t believe in their political system anymore. People don’t trust their government and they don’t trust elections either.

Nine in 10 Americans lack confidence in the country’s political system, and among a normally polarized electorate, there are few partisan differences in the public’s lack of faith in the political parties, the nominating process, and the branches of government.

Seventy percent of Americans say they feel frustrated about this year’s presidential election, including roughly equal proportions of Democrats and Republicans.

More than half feel helpless and angry.  Americans do not see either the Republicans or the Democrats as receptive to new ideas or the views of the rank-and-file membership.

Fourteen percent say the Democratic Party is responsive to the views of the rank-and-file; Eight percent report that about the Republican Party.
Here’s how Americans feel about the branches of government, just to remind you:

Only four percent of US citizens have a great deal of faith in the legislative branch of government.

Americans have very little faith in the executive or judicial branches of government either.

The most trust is expressed for the military, over 50 percent. It is not clear, however, whether the “military” means the organized US military and the Pentagon or the larger military of citizen-service and retired “vets.”

This is a main reason that new treaties are being drawn up.  We wrote about these new treaties HERE in an article entitled Leaked TISA Docs Reveal Secret ‘Global Constitution’

Our point was that three new “secret” trade agreements have been developed over the past years that redefine how corporations relate to nation states.

The intent is very obviously to put corporations into a position where they are the primary drivers not just of commerce but also of politics.

There will still be political systems but it is corporations that will operate most easily in trans-national environments.

Here;  http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/9-in-10-americans-are-disillusioned-with-democracy/

Wow!  Talk about the stage being set for a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT!!  Let me repost a sentence from above for emphasis;  Americans don’t believe in their political system anymore. People don’t trust their government and they don’t trust elections either.

A GLOBAL CONSTITUTION??  One led by trans-national corporations??

You see friends, America MUST FALL before this can all take place....and right now our very foundations are being torn away....and most Americans have NO CLUE as to what is happening right beneath their noses!

You can see how the system is soon coming where every person on planet earth will need to be brought under this GLOBAL CONSTITUTION and that every person will need to take a mark on their bodies (maybe a chip and a mark?) in order to buy or sell anything.

We certainly hope that followers of Christ are GONE in the RAPTURE before this all happens.  That is our blessed hope...but this article gives us one more hint as to how close we are FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY to making the prophesies of a one-world-government and a one-word-currency system into reality.

And America is probably one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the World Powers putting everyone under the same system.....so the fact that 9 in 10 Americans no longer have confidence in our current system is a big step in THEIR right direction.

10 Things the Bible Bans But We Do Anyway

Have you ever been in a debate with a non-Christian and they throw a "zinger" at you and say, "You Bible bangers are such hypocrites!  It says you are supposed to kill your kids if they disobey or kill your wife if they are unfaithful and to not eat shell fish and to not mix fabric when making clothes....and you do all those things...so there is proof for you that the Bible is a load of crap....cuz you guys do all those things anyway!"

Here is an article that started trending a few days ago titled, 10 Regular Things the Bible Bans But We Still Do

Eating Good Food
Okay, we’re being slightly hyperbolic on this entry but our point will make sense here in a moment. If you open up your Bible or search engine to Leviticus 3:17, which is quickly becoming our least favorite passage, you will see the statement: “It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.” Pretty not cool, right? We don’t mind so much the ban on blood but food with fat just happens to taste delicious. Think of your favorite meaty dish and then imagine never having it again. That’s what the Bible is telling you here. We almost don’t care how much Churches donate to charity in the name of the Bible if they want to take bacon away from us. Seriously, how dare they? There are probably at on of rational reasons for this entry and most of them probably have something to do with the lackluster regulation (read: none) on food back in those days. For the health of yourself and your family you were probably better off eating a much stricter diet. Still, this doesn’t read like something we would be happy following — and so we don’t. Eat those cheeseburgers! Ask forgiveness, not permission!

Working on the Weekend
Have you ever stopped to wonder why most 9 – 5 jobs include weekends off? You thought maybe it was due to government regulations or some such but NOPE it was instead to save your soul. Exodus 31:14 – 15 is very clear on the manner of working on the sabbath stating, “You shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest.” While we are completely down with having the weekend off from work this statement reads harsh at best and downright tyrannical at worst. Seriously, you are put to death and condemned to hell merely for trying to make a paycheck to keep food on your table? We’re pretty sure all of America is going to be guilty of this strict wording.

Wearing Fabric Blends
We swear that the Bible is directing an attack at the world of fashion with some of these verses. First buzzed haircuts are targeted and now we learn that we can’t wear blended fabrics. Leviticus 19:19 tells us, “You are to keep my statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.” Now we aren’t exactly a bastion of theological knowledge but: why. Why are mixed fabric blends so taboo? Why is it so important to avoid having worn two different kinds of materials mixed together? Is this solely in relation to one article of clothing? Or should we go denim from the ankles up just to be safe. Regardless, you can send every professional athlete in the world straight to the Big Red Dude in the Basement for breaking this statute.

Here;  http://www.horizontimes.com/popular/10-regular-things-bible-bans-still/3

I posted 3 so you can get a feel for the mocking tone of the article.  You can visit the site and see the other 7 if you want to...but you get the idea.

"God will not be mocked!"

Of course for mature Bible readers they know the rebuttals to these claims.  Followers of Christ are no longer under the laws.  We are saved by grace...a FREE gift from God.  We can eat shrimp, we can wear mixed fabrics, we don't have to have beards or sideburns, etc....all of which were commands given to God's Chosen People for a time, a reason and a season.

The Bible goes on to say that there will one day, in the Last Days, be a famine of understanding...a lack of knowledge of the Word of God.  Certainly our society has arrived at this place.  We have Bibles in every bookstore, every church on every corner, online Bibles on our phones, Bibles in hotel rooms, Bibles in most homes in America....and yet we suffer from even a basic knowledge of what it says, why it says it and HOW it can be used to edify our lives and the message it has to lead us to eternal life.

"Who needs God and some silly old book?  We are rich!  We are comfortable!  We have everything we need!  We can make our own laws!  We can do anything we please!  There is no right or wrong! There is no good and evil!"

I feel sorry for the folks who wrote this article and for those who read it and believe it.  One day they will stand before the Creator of the Universe, Jesus Christ, and their mocking words will be replayed for them to hear before all.  And then Jesus will demand they bow for sentencing....and then say, "Depart from me!"

What a terrifying day that will be for those who don't know Jesus.

Arab-Muslims Kill and Celebations Start in Palestine

Two Arab-Muslim men went into a mall in Tel Aviv yesterday and started yelling ALLAH AKBAR! as they randomly started shooting people to death.

Meanwhile Arab-Muslims in the West Bank heard the news and started celebrating.  It's Ramadan, you know, the high holy days of Islam....and what better way to celebrate Ramadan than to kill Jews?

Four people are dead and six others are wounded after two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at an outdoor food and shopping center in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. In response, some Palestinian social media users are celebrating the attacks with Ramadan-related hashtags and memes.

The New York Times reported that the shooters were identified by police as cousins from Yatta, a town south of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The shootings marked the deadliest terrorist attacks in Tel Aviv since a spate of violence bubbled up in October around several cities in Israel.

“Today’s heinous attack sadly proves that when the international community refuses to condemn terror against Israelis, the next attack is only a matter of time,” said Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, in a statement, as quoted by CNN. “Terror in Tel Aviv must be treated the same as terror in Paris or Istanbul.”

Some aired their condolences to victims on social media by posting messages with a familiar #JeSuisTelAviv hashtag—a reference to the popular slogan that popped up in the wake of last November’s attacks in Paris. Others, however, showed support for the gunmen by posting pictures on platforms such as Instagram and Twitter carrying the hashtags عملية_رمضان#, which translates to #operation_Ramadan, and افتارناعليكم#, which means #yourIftar_onus. A Vocativ analysis found that the #operation_Ramadan has been used roughly five thousand times already on Twitter alone.

Here;  http://www.vocativ.com/327480/users-take-to-social-media-to-celebrate-tel-aviv-terrorist-attacks/

This really shouldn't be a surprise that Arab-Muslims want to kill Jews and destroy Israel...as they have told us numerous times about their aspirations.  It's a fact that Arab public schools in Gaza and the West Bank start training their kids in pre-school how to hate Jews and that the ultimate glory of their young lives would be to die in jihad after killing as many Jews as possible.  These are facts that any person can see for themselves if they go to YouTube or Memri.org and look at the videos.

It's a sick, Satanic hatred....and yet the leaders of The West will continue to press Israel to make peace with these poor, disenfranchised, Arab-Muslims....even demanding that Israel give up a bunch of land to give them their own nation!

Bible readers will certainly understand that the very first thing another Arab-Muslim nation on the border of Israel would do....start launching more missiles and continue their unending quest to destroy all Jews and take back the land of Israel for their demon-god, Allah.

The world will continue to turn on Israel and the desire to kill Jews will only grow.  It will come full force during the 2nd half of the final 7 yrs following the peace agreement that AntiChrist will sign with Israel.

Can you see it coming?

Are Humans Just Actors in Advanced Video Game?

The Bible tells us that God knew us before He made the foundations of the earth.  It also tells us that good works were prepared for us IN ADVANCE of our salvation and then goes on to say that the things we see on earth aren't real...only the things we can't yet see are real.

Wow!  Sounds like maybe we are characters in some type of super advanced video game...designed to have a beginning and an end...the alpha and omega.

This is the 2nd post I have done on this conversation/hypothesis but now Elon Musk is also proposing this....so it made news again.  If you don't know who Elon Musk is then Google him.

Earlier this week, Elon Musk put forward a provocative argument: The odds are overwhelming that we’re characters in an advanced civilization’s computer simulation.

Our own video games have advanced at a rapid pace, from Pong in the 1970s to immersive virtual reality today, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO noted in a Q&A session at Recode’s Code conference:
So given that we’re clearly on a trajectory to have games that are indistinguishable from reality, and those games could be played on any set-top box or on a PC or whatever, and there would probably be billions of such computers or set-top boxes, it would seem to follow that the odds that we’re in base reality is one in billions.

It seems absurd at first reading, but Musk’s theory actually comes from a well-regarded philosopher. Nick Bostrom, a professor at Oxford University, published his computer simulation argument in 2003. He actually argues that one of the following three propositions is true:
Virtually all civilizations at our pace of development will go extinct before they reach the technological capability of creating ultra-realistic video games.

Civilizations with such technological capabilities are uninterested in running such computer simulations.

We are almost certainly characters living in a computer simulation.

As it happens, Bostrom is less convinced than Musk that we’re living in a computer-simulated reality. “My view is that we don’t have strong enough evidence to rule out any of these three possibilities,” he says. But given that “most philosophical academic journal papers languish on shelves in dusty libraries,” Bostrom says it’s flattering to hear his argument espoused by Musk.

Bostrom is currently figuring out the implications of his theory. But he’s not particularly concerned that our reality might be simulated.

“It’s important to understand that it wouldn’t just be in a metaphorical sense that we’re in a simulation, it would be in a very literal sense that we ourselves and all this world around us that we see and hear and smell exists inside a computer built by some advanced civilization,” he says.

“The simulation hypothesis could be very good or very bad depending on what you think the motives of the simulators are—what will happen in the simulation, what will happen after the simulation ends. There are obviously both optimistic and pessimistic possibilities for that.”

Bostrom believes it’s entirely possible that conscious characters could be created inside a computer simulation. Even if it takes hundreds of thousands of years before such a feat is achieved, his argument still holds. And Bostrom doesn’t “see an obvious implication for the question of free will.” In other words, the same questions about agency hold whether we were created by God, the Big Bang, or an extremely sophisticated teenager on a futuristic Xbox.

Here;  http://qz.com/699518/we-talked-to-the-oxford-philosopher-who-gave-elon-musk-the-theory-that-we-are-all-computer-simulations/

If we are characters in a video game or electronic simulation...it would certainly explain a lot of things.  For one it would explain what Paul meant when he said that what we can see during our human lives isn't real, it's only temporary....and what we experience AFTER we leave this life (electronic simulation) is real.

2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

"But Dennis, that's just crazy talk!  You've been watching too many re-runs of the Twilight Zone!"

Maybe...but I didn't say this.  Apostle Paul said it LONG AGO....and science may be just catching up with what the Bible has said all along.

ISIS Burns 19 Women Alive

Another day, another horrendous headline.  Of course Islamic state is doing these things for their god, Allah....which is really just Satan.  Tragically he has duped over 1 billion people on planet earth.

The Bible would testify that anyone worshiping Allah is NOT worshiping Jesus...and hence all are on the wide road that leads to destruction.

The liberals can keep saying it's a religion of peace but Hezbollah, Hamas, Taliban, Muslim Brotherhood, Boco Haram, Al Qiada and dozens of other Muslim terror groups doing unimaginable things would beg to differ.

Nineteen Yazidi women were brutally executed last weekend in Mosul, Iraq, after refusing to have sex with their husbands - all members of ISIS.

Eyewitnesses told news agencies that the women were put in an iron cage and burned alive in front of a crowd of hundreds of spectators.

"They were burnt to death while hundreds watched," an eyewitness told the Syrian news agency ARA. "No one could do anything to save them from the horrific punishment."

Abdullah al-Mala, another witness, said that "they were punished because they refused to have sex with ISIS militants.”

Here;  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4812917,00.html

One can hope that ISIS burns itself out and ends up destroying each other as they burn with hatred, perversion and blood lust....because the civilized world simply has no desire to send our boys in uniform over there to confront this Satanic foe.

We wonder if these heinous headline are simply more foreshadowing of how close we are to the Great Tribulation....a time so bad that Jesus said NO FLESH WOULD SURVIVE if He didn't return to planet earth to personally cut those days short.

For believers in Christ, we can ask ourselves a question....if we can see the signs of the coming Great Tribulation...how much closer are we to the day when the trumpet blows and Jesus snatches all of His followers off planet earth?

Stay busy folks!  Let's keep our eyes on the finish line!

Israelis Rank Obama Worst President for Israel

Obama has not been a real popular president.  Recently his approval ratings were in the thirtieth percentile.  But now that Hillary and Donald are the most pathetic candidates in history...Obama has looked pretty good by comparison so his approval ratings have gone up quite a bit in the past few months.

That's in America.  Israel has quite a different view on his popularity.

Israelis Overwhelmingly Rank Obama ‘Worst President for Israel in The Last 30 Years’

An overwhelming majority of Israelis, 63%, put Obama in the “worst” category, while former President Jimmy Carter came a distant second with 16% voting him as “worst” president.

The survey, which was conducted by Panels Politics in Tel Aviv, asked Israelis to vote for the presidents they thought were “best for Israel” and which they believed to be the worst. The list included Obama, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.

The Jewish Journal noted that even among the Israeli left, which comprised 7% of those polled, 35% believed Obama to be the worst. Carter again was second worst with 21%.

Clinton topped the “best” list, with 37% of votes. This despite the fact that Clinton, a Democrat, clashed with Netanyahu, spearheaded a failed peace process, and was opposed to Jewish construction in the West Bank, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem.

As the Jewish Journal explains: “Israelis remember Clinton fondly because, unlike Obama, he was able to convince them that Israel is dear to him.”

Panels Politics conducted a similar survey in 2012, before the collapse of Israeli-Palestinian talks under Obama, and, notably, before the Iran deal. The poll found that 47% of Israelis viewed Obama as “pro-Palestinian while 24% said “neutral and 21% said “pro-Israel.”

In 2015, however, 60% of respondents said the Obama administration was “pro-Palestinian,” and only 9% said it was “pro-Israel.”

For the Jewish Israelis who identified as religious, 81% said Obama was “pro-Palestinian.”

Here;  http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/02/israelis-overwhelmingly-rank-obama-worst-president-for-israel-in-the-last-30-years/

We don't really know if Obama's unpopularity means anything, but in light of our previous post about Venezuela collapsing after their leaders publicly cursed Israel....we thought our readers should know how Israelis feel about Obama.

Did Venzuela Collapse Because They Curse Israel?

As we now know, Venezuela is in total meltdown.  Of course the recipe was bad to begin with when you have a strong- man, bully dictator who made friends with Iran and relied on oil to prop up the whole socialist system he instigated.   Not a recipe for long term success.

But could the final straw that sealed his Venezuela's doom have happened when their leaders cursed Israel?

Watch this short YouTube video of Hugo Chavez cursing Israel.  He died not long after and now his country is reduced to eating dog and cat meat and the military is beating the crap out of folks who are protesting their dire straits.

Here;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt4FLhr0Yq0

Also check out what the Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations said just last month.

Venezuela’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Rafael Ramirez, made anti-Semitic remarks in a speech he gave on Friday at an informal meeting of the United Nations’  Security Council (UNSC) on ‘protection’ for the Palestinian people.

“What does Israel plan do to with the Palestinians? Will they disappear? Does Israel seek to wage a final solution? The sort of solution that was perpetrated against the Jews?”

Ramirez was relating to the Nazis’ Final Solution, their plan to annihilate the Jewish People, a plan they were partially successful in implementing during the Holocaust. Ramirez made his outrageous remarks only a day after Israel marked its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the six millions Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust.

The session was chaired by Egypt, Malaysia, Senegal and Venezuela. Israel did not attend. The United States and Britain sent lower level representatives.

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"I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you," said God to Israel.

When the President of a country says, "Damn you Israel!" and the folks in the stands all cheer.....that certainly qualifies as cursing Israel.

No doubt that now that Chavez is dead and showed no signs of bearing the fruit of Christ....he is now well aware of his pompous, prideful and errant views toward Israel...as he sits in Hades waiting to be resurrected to stand for eternal sentencing at the Great White Throne judgment.  He will certainly bow to the most famous Jew in the universe on that day....Jesus Christ.

The Most Famous Man in the World Dies

I assume that by now most of my readers know that Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) has died.  He is now on the other side of the veil and his fate is eternally sealed.  It's too late to pray for Cassius.

The national news this morning spent the first 20 minutes talking about what one commentator called him the "Most Famous man in the world."

His daughter said he was constantly doing good deeds so he would have a list to present to god when he died.

Uh-oh....What god is he seeing right now?

We know that Cassius converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad....so we can know that he was trying to impress Allah....so I wonder how his good deeds are fairing with Allah today?

Tragic....

We followers of Christ know that good deeds done apart from Jesus Christ are filthy rags when laid before the ONE TRUE GOD.

Some other verses that run through my mind are "What can a man gain if he gets the whole world but loses his eternal soul?

Ali may be called one of the greatest humans on planet earth by the liberal media, but it means nothing for all of eternity.  Jesus doesn't care that CBS Morning News spent 20 minutes giving accolades to this "great man".

So let me ask you this question in closing. If Muhammed Ali had no Saviour on the cross to pay for his sins, no loving Jesus with the nail prints in His hands to receive him on the other side, then where would YOU say he is right now at this very moment?

Is Muhammed Ali in Heaven with the Jesus he rejected, or is he in Hell with the pedophile Muhammed and the moon god Allah?

It’s one or the other.

Here;  http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/muhammad-ali-dead-trusted-in-islam-allah-for-salvation/

We can pray that the death of Ali will lead his family and close friends to start to question their own mortality and to ask the question, "Where will I go when I die?"  We can pray that through his death they will find and accept the free gift of salvation offered ONLY through Jesus Christ.

While the world celebrates and remembers this "great man"....I can only think how scared he now is as he joins the rich man Jesus spoke of who is on the wrong side of the eternal chasm...where it will NEVER be possible for Ali to join Jesus.