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January 27th, 2014
12:40 PM ET
Angry birds! Pope's peace doves attackedBy Daniel Burke, Belief Blog Co-editor (CNN) Talk about your angry birds. A crow and a seagull attacked two white doves released by children standing next to Pope Francis on Sunday at St. Peter's Square. The birds of prey swooped down after the "peace" doves flew from the open window in the Apostolic Palace. One dove broke free from the gull, after losing a few feathers in the fray. A crow pecked the other before both doves escaped and flew away. Their ultimate fate is unknown. Thankfully, the Pope and children had walked away before the fly-by birding. Doves as Judeo-Christian symbols of peace date back to biblical times. In the Book of Genesis, a dove returns to the ark-maker Noah with an olive branch, letting him know that the flood had receded. In the New Testament, the Holy Spirit descends "like a dove" on Jesus after his baptism, according to the Gospel of Matthew. Centuries of Christian art thereafter have use doves to symbolize the third member of the Holy Trinity, along with God and Jesus. Just before releasing the doves, the Pope had offered prayers for Ukraine, the site of pitched civil strife, and some say the dove-attack portends poorly for Eastern European nation. Others took a more humorous approach.
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Whoever praises religion worships satan! They talk about Christ what is his Dna? (1st John 4:3) Science is for the children of the Devil serpent people do exist! (Ezekiel 25:14)
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"Science is for the children of the Devil serpent people do exist! (Ezekiel 25:14)"
Be sure to mention that to your doctor the next time you get sick.
Have norse Odin and greek Poseiden spoken?
Is this "god" sending a message to the pseudo peace pursuers?
Crows and seagulls have evolved as hunters from their dinosaur ancestors. Doves evolved from analogous ancestors but as seed and bug eaters.
.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gull
Even the RCC is a believer in evolution !! Maybe they need to pay a bit more attention to it.
Next topic.
There is already a small-scale Antichrist. His name is Fethullah Gülen, he even lives in America.
Gülen is an Islamic Imam who wants to spread a moderate Islam or a modern Islam (very seductive).
However, this man es an outrageous enemy of Jesus Christ, the incarnated Son of God, but the pope welcomes him.
The pope is a traitor of genuine Christianity otherwise he would not welcome an Imam as legitimate religious leader.
Further Gülen is supported by a lot of Turkish companies. Through his enormous support Gülen is able to influence Western societies.
The Wicked will also be welcomed by the stupid pope, and he will not only be supported by some backward Turks but by a big group of Global Players.
Of course, it is nearly impossible to make statements about point in times and period of times. Only when I look at the awful state of nearly all churches (nearly all churches turn apostate), and the spread of gay relationships, I assume that the Antichrist is close by.
Apostasy of nearly all churches is a sure sign that the Wicked will come soon.
Not an easy thing to live in fear, is it? That's what it means to be a slave.
I've seen... things... you wouldn't believe.
And RB's Lutheranism continues to ooze from his commentaries.
Then we should all rejoice!
Final judgement and perfect justice are at hand!
You are a funny little fella, Rainy
A total whack job, but every bit as amusing as Gopher or JW, or Austin, or Larry of Arabia
A fight between birds or The Pope giving a buddy a ride in his car is a major news story
See below posting about CNN pope story metric.
Religion is created by the Devil himself. Who created Dna? Did Christ come in flesh and blood, do you question is family bloodline – 1st John 4:3
Do you read what your troll algorithm creates prior to posting? Also, your grammar rules need tweaking in your algorithm.
–Anger and hatred lead to fear; compassion and concern for others allow us to develop self-confidence, which breeds trust and friendship.–
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
– Yoda
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to h8. H8 leads to suffering.
– Yoda
Sorry – thought the filter didn't like "hate".
The filter has turned to the dark side.
They have chocolate fucking chip cookies over there.
I really don't want Christians to see in this event terrible atheist birds attacking pure white doves of the Holy Spirit. They identify too closely with symbols and signs as it is. Remember, Christians, most of us only criticise, and only a few are verbally abusive, usually only mildly so. No one is going to peck at your eyes.
This just proves Catholocism is for the birds.
including faith – the dodo bird.
EVEN THE BIRDS SEE THROUGHT THE VENEER
Abolish Religion?
“If ways cannot be found to insulate politics and statecraft from religion, consideration [should] be given to abolishing religion itself.” So suggests author John Bartlow Martin, a former ambassador, writing in USA Today. Mentioning religion’s dominance in such past events as the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition, its divisive force today and the bloodshed and unrest caused by modern “apostles of zealotry,” Mr. Martin says: “If one watches the evening television news, one cannot but be struck by how much of the world’s trouble is rooted in religion. And few secular political rivalries ever generate the bloodthirsty fervor of religious war.”
Jehovah God, too, has taken note of the “bloodthirsty” ways of false religion. Calling it Babylon the Great, his Word foretells the annihilation of false religion at the hands of the political powers—this as the harbinger of the complete destruction of the present wicked system of things. While Mr. Martin states that the realization of his suggestion to abolish religion is ‘probably impossible,’ God assures us that His just decision against false religion will be carried out.—Revelation 17:1-6, 15-17; 18:4, 5.
(Revelation 17:1-6) And one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying: “Come, I will show you the judgment upon the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, whereas those who inhabit the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” 3 And he carried me away in [the power of the] spirit into a wilderness. And I caught sight of a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored wild beast that was full of blasphemous names and that had seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and was adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls and had in her hand a golden cup that was full of disgusting things and the unclean things of her fornication. 5 And upon her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the disgusting things of the earth.” 6 And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the holy ones and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. Well, on catching sight of her I wondered with great wonderment.
15 And he says to me: “The waters that you saw, where the harlot is sitting, mean peoples and crowds and nations and tongues. 16 And the ten horns that you saw, and the wild beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her devastated and naked, and will eat up her fleshy parts and will completely burn her with fire. 17 For God put [it] into their hearts to carry out his thought, even to carry out [their] one thought by giving their kingdom to the wild beast, until the words of God will have been accomplished.
4 And I heard another voice out of heaven say: “Get out of her, my people, if YOU do not want to share with her in her sins, and if YOU do not want to receive part of her plagues. 5 For her sins have massed together clear up to heaven, and God has called her acts of injustice to mind
"Makes complete sense to us."
– signed,
Nobody
The seagull was a suicide seagull trained by Al-Qaida operatives to attack any attempt at peace in the region.
Please – the crow was Al-Qaida.
The CIA sent the seagull.
I originally tried to send sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads, but Number 2 reminded me of endangered species laws, so all we had was a mutant sea gull and an ill-tempered crow.
It's just not as much fun to be an evil mastermind as it used to be.
Well played.
2 peter 3:3
3 For YOU know this first, that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires 4 and saying: “Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep [in death], all things are continuing exactly as from creation’s beginning.”
Luke
” 21 In that very hour he became overjoyed in the holy spirit and said: “I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have carefully hidden these things from wise and intellectual ones, and have revealed them to babes.
1 Cor. 1:19-25: “It is written: ‘I will make the wisdom of the wise men perish, and the intelligence of the intellectual men I will shove aside.’ Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the debater of this system of things? Did not God make the wisdom of the world foolish? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not get to know God, God saw good through the foolishness [as it appears to the world] of what is preached to save those believing. . . . Because a foolish thing of God [as the world views it] is wiser than men, and a weak thing of God [as the world may see it] is stronger than men.
2 peter 3:3
3 For YOU know this first, that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires 4 and saying: “Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep [in death], all things are continuing exactly as from creation’s beginning.”
Math 24
For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be.
39 and they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be.
MATH 24:14
14 And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.
TO LEARN HOW TO SURVIVE THE COMING END OF THIS SYSTEM..OPEN THE DOOR WHEN 2 WELL DRESSED FRIENDLY MEEK INDIVIDUALS KNOCK- PLEASE!
Religious nut job party poopers try to spoil the fun every. damn. time.
You religious people quoting bible verses are hilarious. You have about as much authority as, and sound very similar, to comic book nerds. In Spiderman Issue # 46..
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
– Gandalf
Lots of popular literature is inspired by the bible.
It was required reading for my literature studies.
And the bible was, in turn, inspired by previous myths and mythos. The circle continues to turn.
Amazing, Spectacular, Web of, or adjectiveless Spider-Man?
There is but one true Spidey.
What about Superior?
NO! Almost as blasphemous as the wack-jobs doing the movies these days.
I agree ... though maybe not as blasphemous as DC's nu52.
Is Superior even up to issue 46?
Putting Octavius' mind in Parker's body was a bold move on the writer's part.
It's still a better story line than the Clone Saga or Maximum Carnage....
I THINK Superior has been cancelled. They already announced the return of Peter Parker.
Spiderpig, Spiderpig, doing all the things a spiderpig does. Can he swing from a web? No he can't, he's a pig! Watch out, here comes the spider PIG.
Way better than "Harry Trotter" in IMOHO...
And where was God when this happened? Why didn't he intervene? Is it the end of the world again? What's going on?
Where was non-belief at? Did non-belief not care?! Is your non-belief unloving?!
Apples and oranges (though I do get your point).
I believe this happened – after all there was ample proof.
Sorry you choose not to believe.
I'm sure that sounded like a sick burn in your head.
Keep calm and troll on.
Why should he intervene?
If there is a God, I would hope He has better things to do.
If he's all-powerful I wouldn't think it would be a problem. Isn't there a line about knowing where every bird falls?
How do you know he DIDN'T intervene and that this was actually His doing?
I'm sure it was part of the Great Plan™ that we'll all find out about after we're dead.
The End is nigh!
The ancient prophecies are being fulfilled!
"The age of evil has come to the world . Everyone steals and hoards great wealth, and sensual sin rules the day. The end of the world is at hand – yet men are hard and cruel, and listen not to the doom that is coming . No one heeds the cries of his neighbour, or lifts a hand to save."
So bow and and repent! Give yourself over to the King of the Gods for only the divine mercy of Odin can save you from the Ragnarok.
Odin…mercy…too funny.
I'm always on here defending Christians and their beliefs, but you just reminded me of a joke I can't pass up.
"Jesus promised to rise again. Still waiting. But, Thor promised no more frost Giants. Do you see any Frost Giants?"
Hey atheists, stating there is no God is not proof that there is no God. Stop recruiting people to join your cult.
Cognite intrare
I believe in God, but your argument is invalid. You are saying there is a God. You are required to prove there is a God. So whoever makes the assertion that god exists needs to prove it. To give you a more everyday example: I want a mortgage. I tell the bank that I have a job, and get paid X. The bank asks me to prove that I have a job and get paid X. See I made the claim, I have to prove it.
@Furball : You are saying there is a God. You are required to prove there is a God.
No, "Ed" was just calling out the lack of evidence for those who claim there is no god and only depend upon their claims.
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For those who claim there is no god…lack of evidence…too funny.
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Finally...someone with logic.
Ahahahahahahaha!!! Yeah, you two use the same "logic".
stating there is no God is not proof that there is no God
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High irony alert.
Hi Ed. Stating there is a god doesn't mean there is one, either. Food for thought.
That's my point silly!
Oh poor Ed doesn't know what a dictionary is. Cult does not define Atheists silly child. Get back to Grade 1 English and then come play nicely with the adults!
(if you want to sound ignorant and uneducated and like a child, you will be treated as such)
Rather symbolic.
Peace is wonderful – but it can be destroyed by one warlike party – it takes two to make peace, but only one to make war.
It takes two to tango. Mostly. I mean you can tango on your own too, but you look kind of ridiculous.
it takes more than two to tango, at least when I have seen it....someone has to play the tango music
Nice that you can afford live bands. Alas, I must rely on recordings.
I can't afford live bands...just have a lot of live friends who play. I am working on some flamenco guitar though...live music in my house every night.
Good stuff. Flamenco is hard – enjoy the learning!
Meh – symbols are for the symbol-minded I always say. (PS – koodos on the screen name, love me some Pratchett!)
Some editorial oversight, please! Gulls and crows are not "birds of prey". Neither one hunts anything. They are scavengers. Less personification, more research and better proof-reading please! Crows can be aggressive, granted, but do not prey on other birds, or animals – ever.
Are you saying the aggressors here were possessed?
From a different source:
The attackers — a hooded crow, which was mostly silver with black head and wings, and a yellow-legged gull — are opportunistic feeders that eat almost anything.
Lacking speed and talons, they’re not well-equipped to go after flying prey, which is probably why the doves got away. What gasping onlookers saw in the square was a flying circus, two incompetent predators attacking two clueless doves and coming up short.
Hey Topher and L4H here is a lesson for home schooling .
300,000-year-old hearth found: Microscopic evidence shows repeated fire use in one spot over time
Date:
January 27, 2014
Source:
Weizmann Inst-itute of Science
Summary:
When did humans really begin to control fire and use it for their daily needs? Scientists discovered in the Qesem Cave, an archaeological site near present-day Rosh Ha'ayin, the earliest evidence - dating to around 300,000 years ago - of unequivocal repeated fire building over a continuous period. These findings help answer the question and hint that those prehistoric humans already had a highly advanced social structure and intellectual capacity.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140127101236.htm
Cursor sensitive meant for L4H
"Crows can be aggressive, granted, but do not prey on other birds, or animals – ever."
Crows do indeed eat the eggs and small chicks out of the nests of other birds, as I have personally witnessed. Can also tell you that I once saw a crow fly overhead with a very live frog in its beak.
I guess the meaning of that drama is the following:
The pope prays for peace but he himself is a wolf (in sheep's clothing).
How can a wolf, a predator, pray for peace? Will God answer such a prayer?
The pope uses religion as a smoke screen for his malice (greed for honor, power and riches).
I am sure, if the Wicked would emerge today, the pope would welcome him as the messiah who could provide information about the true religion which will be the "perfection" of all previous religions.
Of course, this would mean war against the age-old God and his true Messiah Jesus who is not wicked but holy and sinless, meek and humble. Jesus, the holy lamb of God who died and resurrected for us, and will come to judge the quick and the dead.
As today age-old (divine) orders are reversed the advent of the Antichrist (the Wicked) is imminent, I assume.
Oh, sure. Exactly like that. /sarcasm
"Children, it is the last hour! As you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. From this we know that it is the last hour."
– 1 John 2:18
Hey waitaminute! Doesn't that mean the "last hour" was 2,000 years ago?
A Short List of Anti-Christs
All Popes, Most Presidents (except Carter!? but especially Reagan), Emperor Nero, Arius of Alexandria, Czar Peter the Great, Caligula, Midrash Vayosha, Armilus, Adolf Hitler, Henry Kissinger, Mikhael Gorbachev, Napoleon Bonaparte, Antiochus IV, Ti.tus, Charlemagne, Benito Mussolini, Javier Solana, Rahmat Ahmad Maitreya, Saint Germaine, Prince Charles of Britain, Prince Felipe of Spain, Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, Miguel Angel Sosa Vasquez,King George, Elvis Presley, Sun Myung Moon, Saddam Hussein, King Frederick the Great, Aleister Crowley, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Louis Farrakhan, Karl Hapsburg, Bill Gates, Jacques Chirac, Oprah Winfrey etc. ad nauseum
Good point; Rainier has got the art of reading between the lines down pat.
Indeed, the "last hour" = 2000 years + x.
But when I see how gay relationships are promoted today worldwide, I must say that this unique in history. God has always endured a lot of sins of the mankind but always when it came to gayness God started to judge. St. Paul says when the age-old orders are revised the advent of the Wicked is imminent.
Ho.mo/se.xuality "promoted" world wide?
There are more than 75 countries in the world with anti-ho/mose/xual laws.
Cultural acceptance of gay people is not unprecented.
Ancient Greece and Rome as well as many indiginous American cultures had no problems with it, for example.
no rainman...men judged...no sign of any gods.
when it came to gayness God started to judge
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How does God judge the animal kingdom, given that there are other animal species that exhibit same-gender attraction and behavior?
There is already a small-scale Antichrist. His name is Fethullah Gülen, he even lives in America.
Gülen is an Islamic Imam who wants to spread a moderate Islam or a modern Islam (very seductive).
However, this man es an outrageous enemy of Jesus Christ, the incarnated Son of God, but the pope welcomes him.
The pope is a traitor of genuine Christianity otherwise he would not welcome an Imam as legitimate religious leader.
Further Gülen is supported by a lot of Turkish companies. Through his enormous support Gülen is able to influence Western societies.
The Wicked will also be welcomed by the stupid pope, and he will not only be supported by some backward Turks but by a big group of Global Players.
Of course, it is nearly impossible to make statements about point in times and period of times. Only when I look at the awful state of nearly all churches (nearly all churches turn apostate), and the spread of gay relationships, I assume that the Antichrist is close by.
"St. Paul says when the age-old orders are revised the advent of the Wicked is imminent."
And there's your problem right there. "St." Paul – the worst thing to happen to Jesus since the crucifixtion.
gosh rainman...you have that whole don't judge others down to a science (sarcasm).
Yes we know...no one is a christian except for you.
It's always amusing to see religious folks argue who has the correct delusion
Larry of Arabia, Gopher, JW, Rainy, Lie4Him
Nothing but a parade of clowns
not revised but reversed
Doc – Elvis Presley was the anti-christ? Oprah? And Bill Gates? I wonder the rational for..... Oh. Never mind. People who believe in all that are not capable of logical deduction. Thanks for the laugh, Doc.
Elvis' pelvic gyrations were downright Satanic.
Oprah's inhuman command of America's housewives is obviously the result of a deal with The Devil.
If you ever used Windows ME and/or Vista, you KNOW how evil Gates and his minions are.
Not an easy thing to live in fear, is it? That's what it means to be a slave...
Tis called the pecking order of Mother Nature this and nothing more !!