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Political correctness - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-28 05:22:00 The "right to be offended," at virtually any time and under nearly any set of circumstances, is considered to be one of the more sacrosanct contributions of political correctness. -- DONALD DEMARCO, Acting NiggardlyBecause I am a man, my opinion regarding the role of women in society no longer counts. Not because I'm not properly briefed regarding women's issues, but because I am a Christian, conservative, white male. Yes sir, I'm the new millennium's latest whipping boy ? the receptacle of all society's ills ? the pariah of postmodernism ? the spawn of all societal sewage. - Doug Giles, Day Dreamin' Anti-Dude Dames, http://www.townhall.com/columnists/douggi les/dg20040424.shtmlPolitical correctness is just tyranny with manners.--Charlton Heston, Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts March 28, 2000We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of euphemism.Robert Hughes, 1993People find victimhood appeali... More About: Political Correctness
Something in common
2008-05-28 05:15:00 I came across an article on how neck ties rfe banned in Iran as not Islamic. Then I though and realised the only others who seem to ban ties are the Exclusive Brethren. Both groups insist on women covering their heads too. Is there a secret relationship? Are the Brethren really Shi'ites? Will Iranians be blocking up all windows in their mosques? I do believe both groups are led by ayatollahs and the Brethren issue fatwas too. More About: Christianity , Common
Insulting the Scientologists
2008-05-27 20:33:00 Baron Bodissey says,?This is just barmy.?That?s the voice of traditional British common sense. This story is definitely barmy, but we live in barmy times.Muslims are normally the only ones who get insulted and then call on British law enforcement to help silence their critics. But this time it?s a different fringe cult that has managed to suppress the free speech of ordinary people.According to The Telegraph:Church of Scientology: Boy faces court for ?cult not religion? placardA teenage boy is facing a possible criminal prosecution for holding a sign describing the Church of Scientology as a ?cult?, police said on Tuesday. The boy, who is described only as a minor, was taking part in a demonstration outside the church?s central London headquarters on May 10 when City of London Police officers ordered him to remove the placard.It read: ?Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult.?When he refused, he was issued with a form of summons for an alleged breach of public order. P... More About: England , Scientologists
Politics - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-27 20:24:00 One reason why George WashingtonIs held in such veneration:He never blamed his problemsOn the former Administration.Hall's Laws of Politics :(1) The voters want fewer taxes and more spending.(2) Citizens want honest politicians until they want something fixed.(3) Constituency drives out consistency (i.e., liberals defend military spending, and conservatives social spending in their own districts).Headline: Bear takes over Disneyland in Pooh D'Etat!Revolution is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.The voters have spoken, the bastards.Guy Fawkes -- the only man who ever entered Parliament with honest intentions.Politicians, like diapers, should be changed regularly, and for much the same reasons.There is no worse heresy then that the office sanctifies the holder of it. -- Lord ActonThese bickerings of opposite parties, and their mutual reproaches their declamations, their sing-song, their triumphs and defiances, their dismals and prophecies, are all delusion.-- John Adams t...
PC Plod is ultra PC and no patriot
2008-05-27 06:49:00 This happened in Wiltshire."A TEENAGE motorist was told to remove an England flag from his car by a police officer because it could be offensive to immigrants.Ben Smith, 18, was driving back home to Ingram Road in Melksham on Thursday evening after filling up with petrol, when the officer stopped him on a routine patrol.He checked the tax disc and tyres on his Vauxhall Corsa but when he noticed the flag of St George on the parcel shelf he told Mr Smith to take it down.Mr Smith, who works for G Plan Upholsterers on Hampton Park West, said: "He saw the flag and said it was racist towards immigrants and if I refused to take it down I would get a £30 fine."I laughed because I thought he was joking, but then I realised he was serious so I had to take it down straight away. I thought it was silly - it's my country and I want to show my support for my country."Mr Smith had recently installed new speakers in the parcel shelf of his car and wanted to cover them up so they did not get stolen... More About: Patriot , Ultra
Poetry - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-27 06:43:00 The General ... repeated nearly the whole of Gray's Elegy .... adding, as he concluded, that he would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French tomorrow - Written of James Wolfe (1727-59) who died capturing Quebec. More About: Poetry
Pluralism - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-27 06:42:00 These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own. - GKC, _Illustrated London News_ 8-11-28America's founders were seized by a great liberal vision -- a country in which people would freely exchange ideas arising from a plurality of interests. From this dialogue, truth could be rationally discovered. But in today's relativistic environment, pluralism no longer means tolerating competing ideas. It means forced neutrality. According to this view, no one should express any idea that could offend someone else.Charles Colson, BreakPoint Commentary #000223 - 2/23/2000, Just Pipe Down: Are Christians Intolerant?.Thus relativism absolutizes pluralism. That is, it takes the clearly observable fact that we have a multitude of views and values and practices in the world? - pluralism? - and draws the illegitimate conclusion that there is no justifiable way of choosing among them. Truth is merely opinion, goodness only what the majority says it is. Daniel T...
Nazir Ali is one forthright bishop
2008-05-27 05:19:00 Daily Telegraph reports,"A row has erupted within the Church of England over calls for British Muslims to be converted to Christianity.The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, accused the Church of failing in its duty to "welcome people of other faiths" ahead of a motion at July's General Synod in York urging a strategy for evangelising Muslims.However, his comments were condemned by senior figures within the Church. The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, the former Bishop of Hulme and the newly appointed Bishop of Urban Life and Faith, said: "Both the Bishop of Rochester's reported comments and the synod private members' motion show no sensitivity to the need for good inter-faith relations. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs are learning to respect one another's paths to God and to live in harmony. This demand for the evangelisation of people of other faiths contributes nothing to our communities."A Church of England spokesman added: "We have a mission-focused Christia... More About: Islam
Pleasure- christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-27 04:34:00 Let God be the judge of sin Mr Marcham. We are all too eager to think our pleasures must be blessed. - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, BBC TV adatptaion of Anne Bronte. (not found in the novel)In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.--Cicero (B.C. 106-43)True saints have their minds, in the first place, inexpressibly pleased and delighted with the sweet ideas of the glorious and amiable nature of the things of God. And this is the spring of all their delights, and the cream of all their pleasures... JONATHAN EDWARDS - Religious AffectionsDo not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook.--THOMAS JEFFERSONPleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.Samuel Johnson 1709-84 The Idler 1758The publick pleasures of far the greater part of mankind are counterfeit. ... The general condition of life is so full of misery, that we are glad to catch delight without enquiring whence...
The Power of the Cross
2008-05-26 22:06:00 With thanks to Simon Hutton at Biblog (See my blogroll for link) More About: Power , Cross , The Cross
No unholy places?
2008-05-26 05:49:00 I have worshipped in a church building that used to be a synagogue. No problem. There are no holy places. "The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof." However, this location might trouble some people."Welcome to Cresheim Valley ChurchCresheim Valley Church is a daughter church of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA and is a member of the Presbyterian Church in AmericaAll Warmly Welcomed!Pastor: Reverend John S. Leonard Ph.D.Currently meeting in the Masonic Lodge "All square on five points I trust :-) More About: Places , Unholy
Peter - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-26 05:15:00 [Saint] Peter couldn't open his mouth without putting his foot in it. He also had feet of clay.
Pessimism - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-26 05:13:00 I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist. Paul HarveyNo pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. Helen KellerPessimism wilts everything around it.-- Michael LevineFocus on your potential instead of your limitations. Alan Loy McGinnisEvery thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious. Bill MeyerThe nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.--George F. Will (1941- )_The Leveling Wind_ [1994]A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air. -Walter Winchell
Perseverance- christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-26 05:06:00 Rome wasn't burned in a day.Who climb with toil, wheresoe'er,Shall find wings waiting there.Going Down Hill on a BicycleCourage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air. John Adams (1767-1848)It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.--Samuel AdamsThose who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.- Akhenaton, Egyptian pharaoh c 1350The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. Henry Ward BeecherConsider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there. Josh BillingsAnd gain is gain, however small.- Robert Browning (1812-1889)To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We mu... More About: Perseverance
Persecution- christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-25 05:41:00 In a democracy the majority of citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority...and that oppression of the majority will extend to far great number, and will be carried on with much greater fury, than can almost ever be apprehended from the dominion of a single sceptre. Under a cruel prince they have the plaudits of the people to animate their generous constancy under their sufferings; but those who are subjected to wrong under multitudes are deprived of all external consolation: they seem deserted by mankind, overpowered by a conspiracy of their whole species.Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France , 1790The earnest freethinkers need not worry themselves too much about the persecutions of the past. Before the Liberal idea is dead or triumphant, we shall see wars and persecutions the like of which the World has never seen. They need not reserve their tears for the victims of Bonner or Claverhouse [leaders of religious persecution under M... More About: Persecution
Permanence- christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-25 05:39:00 No condition is permanent - often seen as the motto on mammy wagons in NigeriaThe Moving Finger writes: and having writ,Moves on: nor or thy Piety nor WitShall lure it back to cancel half a Line,Nor all the Tears wash our a Word of it.Edward Fitzgerald 1809-1883, Omar Khayyam ed1.51
The end on New Labour
2008-05-24 10:22:00 conservatines.com aka nutories, says,"In the early hours of Friday morning, Edward Timpson became the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich after winning the by-election by nearly 8,000 votes.David Cameron described it as ?a remarkable result? which shows that we are building ?a real coalition for change in our country?.And he attacked Labour for their ?relentlessly negative? campaign, saying:?Their campaign didn?t tell us much about the Conservative Party ? but it told us a lot about the Labour Party. It was backward-looking, divisive and xenophobic. In many ways, it was the end of New Labour.? The trouble is that one rejoices in the demise of nulabour but sees no clear blue water from the blairite tribute band that is the nutorys.
The home of the Taliban
2008-05-21 23:23:00 BBC says, "The provincial government in north-west Pakistan has agreed to pull troops out of a valley under a peace agreement signed with pro-Taleban militants.The authorities say they will also allow the militants to impose Sharia law in Swat in return for promises to close training camps and end attacks."When they are defeated in Afghanistan we should do something about their homeland. More About: Home , Taliban
Brown is a credible a Christian as Blair :-(
2008-05-21 23:16:00 BBC says,"Pro-life campaigners have vowed to continue their fight to cut the abortion limit after the next election.MPs voted to keep the current 24-week cut-off following an impassioned Commons debate and a series of attempts to lower it to 12, 16 or 22 weeks.There was a free vote but Labour MPs mostly backed the status quo - leaving anti-abortion campaigners pinning their hopes on a change of government.Pro-choice groups attacked "cynical" attempts to cut the limit.The closest vote, on a 22-week limit, was thrown out by 304 votes to 233. Tory MP Nadine Dorries' proposal for a 20 week limit was defeated by 332 votes to 190.Most Conservative MPs voted for a 22 week limit, while Lib Dem MPs split into two camps - with most senior figures voting for the status quo.Attempts to lower the cut-off to 12 and 16 weeks were overturned by even bigger margins.Ian Lucas, coordinator of the all-party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group, said: "We will continue the fight to reflect the wishes of the pu... More About: Christian , Brown , Blair
Hail MacNanny!
2008-05-21 23:09:00 BBC says, "Plans to ban the open display of cigarettes in shops have been announced by the Scottish Government.Public Health Minister Shona Robison said giving them "pride of place" on shelves did not fit with the drive to tackle smoking-related illness.It is two years since Scotland led the UK in banning smoking in public places, and six months since the legal age for buying cigarettes was raised to 18."So will the shelves be full of cigars and pipe tobacco?
Not the Irish joke
2008-05-21 23:06:00 BBC says, "'A Leeds man has been dubbed the city's "dumbest criminal" by a councillor for posting videos of anti-social behaviour on the YouTube website.Andrew Kellett, 23, from Stanks Drive, Swarcliffe, published 80 videos and was given an interim anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) by Leeds magistrates.Kellett has been previously convicted of various offences but the Asbo stops him from boasting of his activities.The clips include Kellett being driven in a speeding car at more than 140 mph.Councillor Les Carter, chair of Safer Leeds - a partnership between police and local authorities aimed at cutting crime - said: "Kellett must be in the running to be Leeds' dumbest criminal."In the last three years we have seen a 32% reduction in crime in Leeds. If more criminals were as obliging, the city would be even safer."Leeds City Council have secured an interim Asbo against Kellett although he claims he was simply a bystander filming events.The council said that other YouTube videos sh... More About: Joke , Irish , Yorkshire
More about a follower of the religion of peace
2008-05-21 23:02:00 The people who take a licence fee from me say, "Police have released a former al-Qaeda recruiter without charge.Hassan Butt had been held since his arrest on 9 May at Manchester airport by officers from Greater Manchester Police's counter terrorism unit.The 28-year-old had been about to board a flight to Lahore in Pakistan when he was arrested on suspicion of financing, directing and supporting terrorism.Mr Butt has spoken of his past involvement in terrorist activity which he says he has now renounced.A police spokeswoman confirmed a 28-year-old man had been released without charge and said the police investigation was ongoing.Previously, Mr Butt, a British citizen from Manchester, has admitted to fundraising for terror networks.He has also claimed to have recruited "hundreds" of British Muslims to fight for al-Qaeda in Iraq and Afghanistan.In the past he has met government officials to talk about how to steer young British Muslims away from extremism."Don't we have a treason law? More About: Religion , Islam , Peace , Religion of Peace , Follower
Christian registrar seeks conscience exemption
2008-05-21 21:58:00 Christian Institute says, "A Christian registrar, Lillian Ladele, is presenting her case to an employment tribunal after her Council employers refused to grant her a conscience exemption from registering same-sex unions.Miss Ladele, who currently works for Islington Council, has been a registrar for nearly 16 years. Before the Civil Partnerships Act came into effect in 2005 she asked to be excused from registering civil partnerships between same-sex couples because to do so would conflict with her religious beliefs.She has subsequently been disciplined by her employers, and other colleagues have been allowed to choose not to work with her because of her beliefs.Miss Ladele says that although the law requires local authorities to provide a civil partnership service, the requirement does not extend to individual registrars.Her case will be heard by an employment tribunal beginning on Tuesday, 20 May, and is expected to last four days. Miss Ladele's lawyers will argue to the tribunal ... More About: Christian , Conscience
Not so simple
2008-05-21 08:20:00 BBC says,"A controversial new "right to die" card is being offered to the public that allows anyone to refuse treatment in a medical emergency.It's a morbid question, but one that many of us have pondered at least once.If I hadn't just escaped that dreadful accident, where would I be now? Would I rather be dead than depend on others to keep me alive?A new card seeks to address that very question. Available in pubs, banks, libraries, GP surgeries, even some churches, the Advanced Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) card sits snugly in a wallet or purse and instructs a doctor to withhold treatment should the carrier lose the capacity to make decisions, because of an accident or illness.Dubbed the "right-to-die card", it's being seen by some as a short-cut to euthanasia.But its backers say it is a practical way of implementing the Mental Capacity Act, which came into force in 2007.The act allows adults to draw up "advance directives" stating what sort of treatment they don't want s... More About: Simple
Human rights madness
2008-05-21 08:09:00 BBC says, "A gay Iranian teenager who said he could be executed if he was sent home has been given asylum in Britain.Mehdi Kazemi, 19, came to London to study English in 2005, but later discovered his boyfriend had been charged with sodomy in Iran and hanged."So it is good to welcome Muslim homosexuals but my Christian Afghan friend faces deportation. The obvious way forward for him is to claim to be homosexual. More About: Human , Rights , Human Rights , Madness
Murder by Westminster
2008-05-21 07:48:00 BBC sayss, "Attempts to cut the upper limit for abortions from 24 to 22 weeks have been rejected by MPs after a free vote.Tory MP Nadine Dorries, a former nurse who proposed a 20-week limit, said: "There comes a point when it has to be said this baby has a right to life."But her plan was defeated by 332 votes to 190. A move to bring in a 22-week limit was opposed by 304 votes to 233.Catholic cabinet ministers Ruth Kelly, Des Browne and Paul Murphy voted for cutting the limit to 12 weeks.Government figures showed 193,737 women in England and Wales had an abortion in 2006. In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb. It should be a place of sanctity - Edward LeighConservative MPThe votes followed two impassioned debates on the controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - the biggest shake-up of fertility law for nearly 20 years.Earlier the government saw off another challenge to the bill when MPs rejected a cross-party move for doctors to co... More About: Murder , Westminster
Perivale (where I live) - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-20 23:18:00 Parish of enormous hayfieldsPerivale stood all alone,John Betjeman Middlesex From "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" (1954)There's a line of harbour lights at Perivale,John Betjeman Harrow-on-the-Hill From "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" (1954)green for go, green for actionfrom park royal to north actonpast scrolls and inscriptions like those of the egyptian ageand one of these days the hoover factoryis gonna be all the rage in those fashionable pagesfive miles out of london on the western avenuemust have been a wonder when it was brand newtalkin' 'bout the splendour of the hoover factoryi know that you'd agree if you had seen it tooit's not a matter of life or deathbut what is?""Hoover Factory" (song), Elvis Costello [DPA McManus](Perivale does not now have one hayfield and the Hoover factory is a supermarket., and is more than five miles out of London) More About: Live
Perivale (where I live) - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-20 23:18:00 Parish of enormous hayfieldsPerivale stood all alone,John Betjeman Middlesex From "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" (1954)There's a line of harbour lights at Perivale,John Betjeman Harrow-on-the-Hill From "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" (1954)green for go, green for actionfrom park royal to north actonpast scrolls and inscriptions like those of the egyptian ageand one of these days the hoover factoryis gonna be all the rage in those fashionable pagesfive miles out of london on the western avenuemust have been a wonder when it was brand newtalkin' 'bout the splendour of the hoover factoryi know that you'd agree if you had seen it tooit's not a matter of life or deathbut what is?""Hoover Factory" (song), Elvis Costello [DPA McManus](Perivale does not now have one hayfield and the Hoover factory is a supermarket., and is more than five miles out of London) More About: Live
Perfection - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-05-20 21:32:00 I am not a perfectionist. My parents were though.Mutum dan tara ne.- Man is a son of nine, i.e. he never has a perfect 10/10 score.- Hausa proverb, Nigeria.Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarlity well. Neglect nothing; the most trivial action may be performed to God.-- Angelique Arnauld.When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum. --Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) _Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit_ [1887]The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.-- Thomas CarlyleAbandon all hopes of utopia -- there are people involved.-- Clayton CramerHave no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. - Salvadore DaliThe surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgement of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfect...
Peace - christiansquoting.org.uk
More articles from this author:2008-05-19 22:10:00 For people who like peace and quiet: a phoneless cord.Do your best and then sleep in peace. God is awake.Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.I was in Chelsea police station where I was charged with perjury and conspiracy to pervert public justice. I spent the next five hours alone in a police cell while waiting for the various formalities such as finger-printing and photographs. I used that time to pray, to meditate and to read all sixteen chapters of St Mark's Gospel, something I had long meant to do at one sitting. This should have been a time of deep despair. The worst day of my life. Not so. For I had such an overwhelming sense of God's presence in the cell with me that I was at peace. Jonathan Aitken in The Tablet. 12 June 1999Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice. Corazon AquinoPeace - In international aff... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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