Colorado Megachurch Mulls Split from denomination over gay marriage

Stories like this warm my heart on a Sunday:

A church in Colorado Springs, Colo., that has 4,000 members and was established in 1872 will informally vote Sunday to decide whether the congregation should leave their denomination, the Presbyterian Church (USA), over same-sex marriage.

First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs will vote Sunday afternoon and later may seek to join the conservative Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO), launched by conservative Presbyterians in January over the denomination’s vote last year to lift its longtime ban on gay clergy, The Gazette reported.

After PC(USA) removed the constitutional requirement for clergy to live “in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness” last May, dozens of congregations left the denomination. Covenant Presbyterian Church of Ligonier, Pa., parted ways late last year. In Ohio, four churches that were once part of the Miami Valley Presbytery also voted overwhelmingly to leave PC(USA). Churches in Washington, Wisconsin and California have also voted to cut ties.

via Colorado Megachurch Mulls Split from PC(USA) Over Gay Marriage, Christian News.

Nothing makes me happier than to see Christians actually standing up for what they believe in. Too many times, Christians will take the path of least resistance and that cheapens the gospel, if you ask me.  Because of that, to see a big Church like this, much less a Presbyterian Church of this size; take a stand of this sort, is rather surprising and refreshing to tell you the truth.

My Prayers are with those who dare to stand for they, as believers, know to be right.

 

Sorry, But, this is a bunch of bullcrap!

Just a little more of a comment on the contraception debate, that I am trying like heck to avoid.

I happen to see this little entry pop up in my RSS feed reader. Now let me say this; I am all for freedom of speech, but when I see a writer over at The American Conservative Magazine write something, like what I have quoted below, I tend to get a bit ticked off.

If Limbaugh had cited Percy instead of channeling any random, dull-witted high school sophomore; then rightwingers like Dana Loesch and William Jacobson wouldn’t have had to waste their energy on lame attempts at damage control.

via The American Conservative » Lost in the Dithos.

Now, I have not the least clue who Clark Stooksbury is, nor do I quite honestly give two flips really; but this quoted above, is why I distance myself from the Paleoconservative right. Because they are in bed with the liberal left. I mean, seriously? “Right-Wingers??!”  that term being used on “The American Conservative?!?” Does anyone else see a problem with that, besides me?!?!

I guess one can expect this from a magazine that is quite known for its Anti-Israel and Anti-Jewish Bias.

Also too, yeah, I know, I have Rod Dreher and Daniel Larison in my blogroll; I did that because I happen to respect these gentleman’s opinions on politics and I happen to consider them true Conservatives. However, if all this magazine is going to do is continue to push out leftist bile of this sort on its blogs; I might actually have to reconsider that decision.

Upon further research, it seems that Clark Stooksbury is a blogger from Knoxville, TN and has been blogging since 2004. He must be one of those hicks from the south, who was against Bush. His blog is a leftist’s dream, with goofy colors and videos of Bob Dylan records playing. Some blog. 🙄

I will keep Rod and Daniels blogs in the blogroll, but I doubt I will be linking to @TAC anytime soon. I mean, calling mainstream Conservatives “right-wingers!?!” That is just asinine leftist bullshit and I am shocked that the editors over at TAC would even tolerate such tripe. I know if I was the editor there, I would tell this dude to get lost.

Bill O’Reilly’s Talking Points Memo on the contraception debate

You can basically can consider this my opinion on the subject too. Bill nails it here, big time.

(Via The Factor Website)

I have not said too much about this subject for the simple fact that every time we Conservatives get into a debate like this; we are called sexists and all sort of other silly stuff. so, I figure what’s the point?

Further thoughts on the passing of Andrew Breitbart

I hate having to write this, because it makes me feel like I am capitalizing on the death of another human being, this is why that you have not seen me posting tribute videos to the man.  It is not that I did not respect the man; I did, very highly.  However, I did not know the man at all.  Therefore, to me, it seems a bit cheap to write as if we were the best of friends.  We were not, and I do not wish to make it seem that we were.

The reason why I am writing this blog entry is that, frankly, I am a bit pissed off at a number of things.  I am pissed at myself; I am pissed off at Alex Jones and the mindless morons that follow that person as if he is the second coming of Jesus Christ.  I have only myself to blame too.  Yesterday, when news of Andrew Breitbart’s passing broke, I took to my blog here and wrote, what I felt was a fair tribute to the man.  In my haste to bring some sort of reasoning to the horrible event that had happened, I wrote something now, that if I had to do it over again; I would have never, in a million damned years would have ever written.

I wrote this:

I just hope that there is an autopsy.  I do not really believe that it was natural causes.  I believe they killed him — his enemies — the Chicago political machine.  Andrew recently said that he had tapes of Obama from years ago in Chicago.  Who is to say that someone did not poison him?  Who is to say that Barack Obama did not get nervous and order someone within that Chicago mob to go out to California and follow Andrew around and slip something in his drink to trigger a heart attack?  These far-leftists, they have no shame, they have no honor, and they will do anything — including murder — to further their agenda.  Unlike most of you that will read this, I do not choose to trust the liberal-owned, controlled, and financed media.  They are the ones that went into the tank for Obama; they are the ones who coordinate with the White House.  Now do you really think they would tell the truth about this?  Please, tell me another good joke.            

 Furthermore, I do not trust the Government of California and that goes right down to the morgue.  Those bastards are all liberal right down to the grunt workers in the hospitals.  Who is to say that Breitbart did not just faint from exhaustion and medics pick him up and take him to the hospital and they realize who he is and they inject him with something to kill him?  Tell me; is it wrong to speculate on stuff like this?  Is the left above such things?  Are Obama and his Chicago men above this?  I think not.

I will fully admit, in hindsight, that was not one of my brightest moments.  To my weak defense, this was much before I know any damned thing about the Andrew Breitbart’s personal health problems.  What pisses me off to the high damned heavens is the fact that these damned conspiracy theories are now rampant on the internet that somehow or another Andrew Breitbart was assassinated by President Obama or that somehow or another the Government took him out, because of the videos that Andrew had or whatever those people are now saying.  My point is this: I played a minor role in it and now I feel like a complete and utter asshole because of it.  I mean, I do not trust the Government anymore the rest of you that happen to read this blog.  Nevertheless, I just cannot bear to think that I may have hurt Andrew’s wife and kids —because I happened to freak out for a brief second and wrote something before I knew all of the facts.

For the record, I deleted that section of the posting and the tweets that I sent out in that vein of thought, out of respect for the family; but now it seems that Alex Jones is now linking to HotAir.com and their posting, which contained a trackback to me.  They see this and think, “Oh he was pressured by Obama to remove his words!”  I know this, because I know how those idiots over at Alex Jones’s site think.

Therefore, let the record show; I was not ever contacted by the United States Government, the Obama Administration or even the Breitbart family at all.  I removed the text that I quoted above because I thought it was the decent, right, honorable thing to do.  

Another thing too, is the left — I must say, they have really outdone themselves this time.  Matt TaibbiSeriously, dude?  I mean, this man; I actually respected the man for the honest reporting he did about Afghanistan.  Then, he goes and writes this about a man, whose dead body is not even in the ground and he writes that?  Please, do not try and tell me anything about any sort of idiotic moral equivalence either; because the last time I checked, Andrew Breitbart did not drive any cars off any bridges and leave any of his personal assistances to die in a lake — unlike a Democrat that I know.  Sure, Ted Kennedy did much for the middle class, the disabled, and the rest of the damned entitlement groups, as did his family.  However, that does not take away from the fact that the man at the very least was a drunken coward.

It is not just Matt Taibbi either; it is the entire moral core of the liberal left in this Country.  The proud pro-American moral code of the Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy and Johnson era has been replaced by the moral decadence of the neo-left.  Which is of course, the fruits of the 1960’s mantra of “If it feels good, do it” generation.  There is no honor, there is no integrity, there is nothing but their little self-righteous game of Frankfort School fake moral code that they live by, which is ripe full off utter and contemptible contradictions.  Andrew Breitbart knew this, he rubbed their damned faces in it, with utter schoolboy-like joy, and that is why the liberal left hated his damned guts.  It is also why the liberal left hates people like me especially, because I, more than anyone; know their moronic tactics.

Now Andrew Breitbart is gone.  The torches always flame out, so they say —- Hendrix, Morrison, Joplin, Terry Kath, Woody Guthrie, Christopher Hitchens — and now Andrew Breitbart.   The 26 club is the now the 42 club — A good number of people that I know have died at or around the age of 42; and as someone who is aged 39 – it worries me.  I have too much to do, I have parents to look after and eventually — bury.  This all makes me, a least a little, fret about my health and my future; I do not smoke or drink, so I am good there; my eating habits could be better.  However, it is not all Twinkies and candy bars for me, I good eat food, much of it — herein is the problem.

As for the Conservative movement, we are left to pick up the slack, to continue to write about the left and their tactics, their President, their mess, their ruining of the Capitalistic system — their damned open sewer that we the tax payer is left on the hook to pay for.  It can be depressing and hazardous to your health, if you let it become that.  Sometimes, one needs to walk away from all for a weekend or a week, if need be — to stop smell the roses and tune out of politics for a while.  I have done it in the past; I did it for about three days here recently.  It felt good, but by Sunday night, I was chomping at the bit to come back and write more.  Politics is like nicotine, once it gets into you, you always crave it.

I think the worst thing that we could do, is louse up this election in 2012.  Andrew Breitbart would be pissed, if we just “half-assed” the election.  We have to win this and run the damned progressives out of Government, at least for four years, and preferably for eight good years.  I also think we should not try to channel Breitbart at all.  Andrew Breitbart was Andrew Breitbart and we should not try to channel his style or behavior at all.  Rush is doing that right now and he is terrible at it!  Coulter should be Coulter, Rush should be Rush, Levin should that Levin, Hannity should be Hannity — in our words, be ourselves!

At the same time though, we should not be afraid to speak out; we should be or at least try to be fearless in the face of what we, as Christians, Conservatives, and libertarians know to be evil.  We should not be afraid to speak out against the entitlement mentality of the far-left, we should not be afraid to speak out against the idiotic and satanic unchristianizing of America, by the atheist left in this Country.  We should not be afraid to speak out against the far lefts unbridled attack on the traditional values of this Country; to Bill O’Reilly’s credit, there is a war, and yes, it is on Christmas.

I would put something in here saying that the Conservative blogosphere in Breitbart’s memory should try at least amongst ourselves to at least be civil to each other and try to look out for one another.  However, I know bloggers, and I know the Conservative Blogosphere; and if you are not in with the “In crowd” you are ignored and in some cases persecuted, lied about, used as a pawn in blog wars and all sorts of other stupidity that comes along with the territory.  Believe you me, I know all about it, which is why I tend to stay to myself anymore.  I just do not need the trouble with anyone anymore.  I am in a situation here, where I cannot come to their functions; and most of them hate me, because of my blue dog Democrat past.  Therefore, I just avoid them and their conflicts.  I write about what is in my RSS feeds and do my own thing here.  I would like to see some unity amongst the right; but that is, I am afraid, a pipe dream — at least with me.

In conclusion: Andrew Breibart was a self-made man.  That alone should be enough to make one admire him.  He stood up for, and died defending what he believed; for this, he should be remembered.

Rest in peace Andrew, you have more than earned it.  We will take it from here and keep America the place you loved — I hope.

Message to Rod Dreher: God had nothing to do with it

(H/T to @TAC)

Rod Dreher relays a horrible story about a newborn being involved in a terrible accident, which claimed the lives of the baby’s Mom, Dad, and older brother. This he says could make him not believe anymore.

I do not want to sound preachy on this blog. This blog was not intended to be a “Christian” blog. But rather a “political” blog, owned by someone of who is somewhat of the Faith; although, I will be the first to admit to all my readers — I suck horribly at it.

Having said all of that; because I am a Bible-believer and I happen to know why things like this happen, I will simply say this — Things like this happen, because of what happened in the Garden of Eden.  Adam and Eve messed it up and messed it up bad. They were perfect spiritual beings and because of their disobedience to God the Father, they became fallen creatures. As a result of that, everyone, is born into sin. Because of that, bad things like this happen — all the time.

Allow me to quote from the Bible on this very subject, it is found in the first book of the prophet Moses, called Genesis chapter three:

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.  (Genesis 3:1-24 KJV)

Now, again, is this fair to the child? No, it is not. In fact, it is a horrible thing. However, it is simply a fact. God had nothing to do with it. This accident was a result of the Sin of humanity; and it the reason Jesus was brought forth. Jesus was brought forth as a way of escape from the sin of Adam in the garden and the judgement that it brings.

It is heartbreaking, but it is the cold reality of this sin-depraved world we live in; which is why we as Christians, should rejoice! Because have escaped that judgement and will live with our Heavenly Father one day, when he comes for his Church.

 

Andrew Breitbart RIP

I feel like a guitarist, who is standing on a stage and has sudden realized; he has forgotten the chords to the song he is supposed to be playing.

I mean what words can be written about the man that has not already been written already somewhere else?

I am referring, of course, the passing on Conservative Lion, Warrior, and Publisher Andrew Breitbart, who died last night around midnight at the age for 42.

He was only three years older than I am; this is why this hits me so very hard.  I wake up around my normal time and grabbed my iPod, to see what is going on the world and this comes up.  I let out a rather loud, “Yeah Right!” and figure it is another one of this man’s pranks.

It is not a prank.  (At least I like the think that it is not a prank…)

I did not always agree with his tactics, I did not like what he had to say about Ted Kennedy when he died, I blogged about that on my old blog.  I thought it was morally wrong and I told him so in a tweet once.  I was so incensed about it that I blocked him on twitter for a very long while.

However, the man could not be and would not be ignored; at least not by me.  He took risks; he always had the uncanny ability to dig up some of the best stuff on the left and literally would use it against them.  I admired him for that; because you realize, I used to vote Democratic Party and I knew and still do know about how they pit race against race, class against class — all of that — and Andrew knew it and played it for every damned bit it was worth.

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In this section here, I had some thoughts about Andrew’s death. After thinking about it; I have decided to remove them, out of respect for the family.

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The bottom line is this; the Conservative world has lost its “Merry Prankster.”  It has lost its warrior and nobody will ever fill those shoes, not even bloggers; because Andrew took the risks and was willing to stick his neck out to expose the left and its misdeeds.

Andrew will be missed by many, including me.

My Prayers go to the family and his wife and Children.

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