{"id":4694,"date":"2012-02-16T13:34:32","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T13:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4694"},"modified":"2012-02-16T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T13:41:20","slug":"the-coming-war-thats-already-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4694","title":{"rendered":"The coming war……..That’s already here……"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are wars raging around the globe, some for power, and control, some for food, and sustenance, and some because of ageless hatred and animus. \u00a0The most widespread war is a spiritual battle for the hearts and minds, of man kind. \u00a0This spiritual war has already turned Muslims agains Jews and Gentiles. \u00a0It has created a Europe that is vastly non-religous. In America the culture has be devastated as we have become preoccupied with living the good life. \u00a0A once dedicated government, dedicated to keeping the peace and staying out of our lives, has turned into the Nanny State. \u00a0 I read a blog post yesterday from my dear brother \u00a0Ian Anderson, a Bishop in the Episcopal Church in At Augustine, Florida. (Link Below)<\/p>\n

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President Obama\u2019s War on Christianity<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
February 15th, 2012<\/div>\n
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An old\u00a0saying says, \u201cIt\u2019s not paranoia if everyone really is<\/em> out to get you.\u201d \u00a0Over the last few weeks several reports have been released on federal government actions touching on Christian religious practices. \u00a0These reports have made it difficult to defend the notion that paranoia on the part of Christian groups isn\u2019t justified after all.<\/p>\n

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I am a Bishop in a very conservative Christian Episcopal denomination. \u00a0I try and keep Christ in<\/em> and politics out <\/em>of the pulpit. \u00a0I can\u2019t do it anymore.\u00a0 The reason being is that Christianity is under attack in this country. \u00a0If you remember recently the Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had overstepped its bounds in applying secular standards to a minister of religion called to work in a church school. \u00a0Then the Obama administration decided that health plans provided by Roman Catholic institutions, and which cover non-Catholics, must also cover sterilization and \u201call FDA approved contraceptives, including those that induce abortion.\u201d<\/em> \u00a0 And now the Secretary of the Army has instructed \u2013 pardon me, ordered \u2013 Roman Catholic army chaplains not to read a letter from Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the head of Roman Catholic military chaplaincy.<\/p>\n

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Protestant Episcopalians familiar with the Decalogue know that \u201cYou shall not bear false witness.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0What does this mean? \u00a0\u201dWe should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor\u2026but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Things that presidents do are not exempt.\u00a0 So what is the kinder explanation for the actions taken on the part of the executive branch of the federal government?<\/p>\n

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Clearly the Obama administration and the liberal left are convinced of the uniqueness of their own moral truth. \u00a0The lame argument I hear time and time again about their morality is basically this; \u201cwe\u2019re right, because if we weren\u2019t, we\u2019d be wrong, and we know we aren\u2019t wrong.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Look at the recent issue with gay marriage in California.\u00a0 The whole argument is that marriage should be redefined as two people of any self-identified sex. \u00a0If we can\u2019t get people to agree with us then we will legislate<\/em> respect even if a majority votes it down. These folks have framed their argument as a question of \u201ccivil rights.\u201d \u00a0Good heavens what can be more un-American than thwarting someone\u2019s civil rights\u2026unless of course they don\u2019t see things our way.\u00a0 So, if you really believe this, then you have a moral obligation to stop other people from doing what you know to be wrong. \u00a0The Obama administration is doing what comes naturally for people convinced of their own moral high ground \u2013 imposing it on everyone else through executive orders and legislated respect.<\/p>\n

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I hold traditional biblical moral views, which are in conflict with the executive branch on these particular points, and many Americans share my understanding of one particular objective moral truth.\u00a0 Abortion is the taking of a life, just like murder \u2013 which we outlaw \u2013 and capital punishment \u2013 which we permit in certain cases and states. \u00a0We also hold that marriage is between those of the opposite sex and should remain so.\u00a0 Many not bound by the 8th commandment may feel no compulsion to be honest about what the majority want or believe. \u00a0So we are called insensitive and intolerant.<\/p>\n

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We have is a situation where two groups within America hold serious conflicting moral values. \u00a0And because these values are built on fundamental beliefs \u2013 both feel they are values which must be imposed on all and not simply left to one\u2019s own personal preference.<\/p>\n

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I believe the law should have something to say whenever someone\u2019s life is on the line.\u00a0 To me that is just basic moral common sense. \u00a0Others believe that what someone does with their own body (and any other body which happens to be growing in it) should be shielded from government intervention. \u00a0Animals with fur have federal protections, yet killing unborn children is okay?\u00a0 Does this make sense?\u00a0 \u00a0It seems that women\u2019s reproductive rights are the most sacred tenet of the left.<\/p>\n

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I personally believe that Obama is intentionally trying to wage war on Christianity. \u00a0The actions of his administration have revealed once again the growing divide in our country between two sets of fundamental\u00a0commitments\u00a0and the moral values which arise out of them. \u00a0We are not divided on the level of mere politics.\u00a0 This is not Donkey vs. Elephant. \u00a0 We are divided on the nature of life itself.\u00a0 As a Bishop and as a Christian the only hope for any of us is a biblical faith in Christ. \u00a0\u201cI am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but through me.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(John 14:6)<\/p>\n

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This country was built on Christian values and principals. \u00a0Trust me, there is a movement supported by the current administration to legislate that into the national archives. \u00a0It\u2019s time to get active and it\u2019s time to take a stand.<\/p>\n

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Be heard,<\/p>\n

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Bishop Ian<\/p>\n

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P.S.\u00a0 A friend just emailed me a very interesting quote that I thought I\u2019d share with you\u2026.\u00a0 John Adams said the following:\u00a0 \u201cOur constitution is written for virtuous and moral people and wholly inadequate for any other. \u201c<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0Share<\/strong><\/p>\n

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God gave us the free will to choose Him, or the world, too many are choosing to walk away from God and what we see today in our society is evidence of where that is leading. \u00a0Rampant drug abuse, alcoholism, broken homes, teenage pregnancy, gang murders, record numbers of people that feel they need to carry a \u00a0gun for protection. \u00a0Kids glued to video games that seldom go out doors anymore, TV and movies that get more and more raunchy and perverse each year. \u00a0While all of this has been going on our elected representative, (politicians), from both sides of the isle have spent us into oblivion trying to buy the support of every faction of our society. \u00a0Half the U.S. population does not pay taxes, and a vast majority of what the working classes taxes go for is to support the half that do not work, or live \u00a0off the federal government programs. \u00a0Our national debt is so great their is no hope of paying it off. \u00a0We are speeding towards financial disaster.<\/p>\n

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Where is all this leading? \u00a0Short of a massive revival of faith and turning to God, it is only going to an even worse place than it is now, and that is hard to imagine. \u00a0Many people are so concerned that they are \u00a0making preparation for worst case scenarios. \u00a0 However you plan to prepare, Step One is the most important; \u00a0God has asked you to come into His family, accept that invitation today, \u00a0What ever the future holds, I don’t want to be standing with anyone else…… \u00a0Bishop Ian is right, it’s time to stand and protect our faith…….<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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